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Cytokine profile after oral food challenge in infants with food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome.
Allergology international : official journal of the Japanese Society of Allergology - 1 Jul 2017
Kimura Mitsuaki, Ito Yasunori, Shimomura Masaki, Morishita Hideaki, Meguro Takaaki, Adachi Yuichi, Seto Shiro
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Although food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES) is supposed to be caused by inflammation, the role of cytokines has not yet been clarified. METHODS: To elucidate the role of cytokines in the development of symptoms and abnormal laboratory findings at an oral food challenge (OFC), changes in serum cytokine levels were analyzed for 6 OFCs in 4 patients with FPIES. The result of OFC was...
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