IgE antibodies and response to cow's milk elimination diet in pediatric eosinophilic esophagitis

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Elizabeth A. Erwin, Nationwide Children's Hospital; Patrice Kruszewski, Emory University; John M. Russo, Nationwide Children's Hospital; Alexander J. Schuyler, University of Virginia; Thomas A.E. Platts-Mills, University of Virginia
• Language: English
• Date: 2016-08
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Publication Version: Author Accepted Manuscript (After Peer Review)
• Copyright Statement: © 2016 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2016.01.048
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
• ISSN: 0091-6749
• Volume: 138
• Issue: 2
• Start Page: 625
• End Page: 628.e2
• Grant/Funding Information: Funding: NIH grants K23-AI-059317 and R01-AI-20565
• Keywords: IgE assay; Remission; DISEASE; Dietary treatment; Food allergens; PEANUT; Eosinophilic esophagitis; Allergy; Immunology; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; Children; Science & Technology
• Research Categories: Health Sciences, Immunology; Health Sciences, Nutrition

Abstract

Milk is a common cause of eosinophilic esophagitis. Allergy testing does not predict response to dietary therapy. In this study, patients with low or undetectable IgE antibodies to milk achieved histologic remission with milk elimination.