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Breast Milk and Special Formulas in Prevention of Milk Allergy

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Immunology of Milk and the Neonate

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 310))

Abstract

Cow milk allergy (CMA) has been reported to affect 0.3–7.5% of children, with a higher prevalence in infants than in older childrenl. In infants in Western countries, a prevalence for CMA of 3% would be a reasonable estimate. Accordingly, in the United States with over three million live births per year, about 90 thousand new infants each year would suffer from CMA. The clinical manifestations might affect one or more of several body systems, particularly the gastrointestinal tract, skin and respiratory tract, and often persist for several months or years2. Prevention or reducing the prevalence of CMA would, therefore, have medical, social, and economic advantages. In one study3, the percentage of infants with CMA who required three or more visits to physicians for illness during the first year of life was three times more than that for nonallergic infants.

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  1. Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, East Tennessee State University College of Medicine, Johnson City, TN, 37614-0002, USA

    Sami L. Bahna

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  1. University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

    Jiri Mestecky

  2. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

    Claudia Blair

  3. University of Texas, Galveston, Texas, USA

    Pearay L. Ogra

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Bahna, S.L. (1991). Breast Milk and Special Formulas in Prevention of Milk Allergy. In: Mestecky, J., Blair, C., Ogra, P.L. (eds) Immunology of Milk and the Neonate. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 310. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3838-7_57

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