Food allergen immunotherapy: current status and prospects for the future

RA Wood - Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2016 - Elsevier
Food allergy is a common condition for which the only currently approved treatments are
avoidance of the allergenic food and administration of emergency medications on accidental
exposure. Over the past 10 years, significant advances have been made in the field of food
immunotherapy, including oral immunotherapy, sublingual immunotherapy, and, more
recently, epicutaneous immunotherapy. Each of these approaches are intended to induce
some level of desensitization with chronic or repeated exposure to the allergenic food …