Food Allergy
- Resource Type
- Topic overview
- Authors
- Skripak, Justin; Sampson, Hugh A
- Source
- Textbook of Clinical Pediatrics. 2012, v. 2, p1397-1403.
- Subject
- Language
- English
134: Food Allergy Food allergy is broadly defined as an adverse reaction to a food resulting from an abnormal immunologic mechanism. 'Food hypersensitivity' is generally used interchangeably with 'food allergy.' [...]