Medical Journal Articles

Following is a list of articles about food allergies and gastrointestinal problems in youth that have been published in the peer-reviewed medical literature. If we have been able to locate the article's abstract on line, we have provided a link to that abstract. If you wish to read an article that does not have a link, please contact your local medical library or hospital.

Most of these articles focus on in children and adolescents. To read articles about research in adults, do a search on PubMed, the search engine of the National Library of Medicine.

• Food Allergies
• Gastrointestinal Problems

Food Allergies

• Sicherer SH.: Manifestations of food allergy: evaluation and management. Am Fam Physician 1999 Jan 15;59(2):415-24, 429-30.
  
• Eigenmann PA, Sampson HA.: Interpreting skin prick tests in the evaluation of food allergy in children. Pediatr Allergy Immunol 1998 Nov;9(4):186-91.
  
• Burks AW, Stanley JS.: Food allergy. Curr Opin Pediatr 1998 Dec;10(6):588-93.
  
• Walker-Smith JA.: Management of gastrointestinal food allergy in childhood. Chung Hua Min Kuo Hsiao Erh Ko I Hsueh Hui Tsa Chih . 1998 Jan-Feb;39(1):12-6. Review.
  
• Ahmed T, Fuchs GJ.: Gastrointestinal allergy to food: a review. J Diarrhoeal Dis Res 1997 Dec;15(4):211-23.
  
• Srinivasan R, et al. When to suspect lactose intolerance. Symptomatic, ethnic, and laboratory clues. Postgrad Med . 1998 Sep;104(3):109-11, 115-6, 122-3. Review.

Gastrointestinal Problems

• Kelly KJ, Lazenby AJ, Rowe PC, Yardley JH, Perman JA, Sampson HA.: Eosinophilic esophagitis attributed to gastroesophageal reflux: improvement with an amino acid-based formula. Gastroenterology 1995 Nov;109(5):1503-12.
  
• Hyams JS.: Recurrent abdominal pain and irritable bowel syndrome in children. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr . 1997;25 Suppl 1:S16-7. No abstract available.
  
• Thomson S, et al.: Symptoms of irritable bowel in school children: prevalence and psychosocial effects. J Pediatr Health Care. 1996 Nov-Dec;10(6):280-5.
  
• Hyams JS, et al.: Abdominal pain and irritable bowel syndrome in adolescents: a community-based study. J Pediatr . 1996 Aug;129(2):220-6.
  
• Hyams JS, et al.: Characterization of symptoms in children with recurrent abdominal pain: resemblance to irritable bowel syndrome. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 1995 Feb;20(2):209-14.
  
• Milla PJ.: Motility disorders in childhood. Baillieres Clin Gastroenterol . 1998 Dec;12(4):775-97.
  
• Milla PJ.: Acquired motility disorders in childhood. Can J Gastroenterol . 1999 Mar;13(A):76A-84A.
  
• Hyman PE.: Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction in childhood: progress in diagnosis and treatment. Scand J Gastroenterol Suppl . 1995;213:39-46.
  
• Rudolph CD, et al.: Diagnosis and treatment of chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction in children: report of consensus workshop. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr . 1997 Jan;24(1):102-12. Review. No abstract available.
  
• Khurana RK, et al.: Autonomic dysfunction in chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction. Clin Auton Res . 1998 Dec;8(6):335-40.
  
• Forchielli ML, et al. Immune deficiencies in chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction. Acta Paediatr . 1997 Oct;86(10):1077-81.