(Clinical Allergy and Immunology.) Edited by Marianne Frieri and Brett Kettelhut. 507 pp. New York, Marcel Dekker, 1999. $195. ISBN 0-8247-9903-8.
It is remarkable that more of us do not have immunologic diseasesrelated to foods, considering the large amounts of foreign substanceswe are exposed to daily through our gastrointestinal tracts.Moreover, it is far from surprising that food is frequentlysuspected by patients as the cause of their symptoms. Indeed,some studies have estimated that up to 25 percent of householdschange dietary habits because at least one member is perceivedto have food allergies. The true incidence of IgE-mediated hypersensitivityreactions to foods (food allergy) in developed countries isapproximately 3 percent in infants (predominantly to milk, egg,. . . [Full Text of this Article]
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