Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy, Immunology & Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Immunotherapy. 2013 Sep;5(9):931-44. doi: 10.2217/imt.13.93.
Food allergy is a growing worldwide epidemic that adversely effects up to 10% of the population. Causes and risk factors remain unclear and diagnostic methods are imprecise. There is currently no accepted treatment for food allergy. Therefore, there is an imminent need for greater understanding of food allergies, revised diagnostics and development of safe, effective therapies. Oral immunotherapy provides a particularly promising avenue, but is still highly experimental and not ready for clinical use.
食物过敏是一种在全球范围内日益流行的疾病,它会对多达 10%的人口产生不利影响。其病因和风险因素仍不清楚,诊断方法也不精确。目前,尚无公认的食物过敏治疗方法。因此,人们迫切需要进一步了解食物过敏,修订诊断方法,并开发安全有效的治疗方法。口服免疫疗法提供了一个特别有前途的途径,但仍处于高度实验阶段,尚未准备好用于临床。