Abstract
Two thousand years ago Lucretius (96–55 BC) said that “One man’s food might be another’s poison.” Food allergy is defined in a broader sense as an altered allergic reaction to food. In a narrower sense, it means the development of an allergic reaction mediated by humoral and cellular factors involving immune mechanisms.
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Matsumura, T. (1982). Food Allergy in Children and Adults. In: Jelliffe, E.F.P., Jelliffe, D.B. (eds) Adverse Effects of Foods. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3359-3_30
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