Availability of the epinephrine autoinjector at school in children with peanut allergyMoshe Ben-Shoshan
Division of Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 100:570-5. 2008
..Delayed administration of epinephrine and the allergic individual's failure to personally carry epinephrine contribute to fatal outcomes...
Omalizumab for asthma: indications, off-label uses and future directionsMoshe Ben-Shoshan
Division of Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada
Recent Pat Inflamm Allergy Drug Discov 4:183-92. 2010
..Better understanding of omalizumab's mechanisms of action on one hand and asthma and related pathogenesis on the other hand might contribute to the development of better future guidelines of omalizumab use in asthma patients...
Anaphylaxis: past, present and futureM Ben-Shoshan
Division of Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada
Allergy 66:1-14. 2011
..Recognizing the gaps in our understanding and management of anaphylaxis may help identify promising targets for future treatment and prevention and areas that require further study...
A population-based study on peanut, tree nut, fish, shellfish, and sesame allergy prevalence in CanadaMoshe Ben-Shoshan
Division of Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
J Allergy Clin Immunol 125:1327-35. 2010
..Recent studies suggest an increased prevalence of food-induced allergy and an increased incidence of food-related anaphylaxis. However, prevalence estimates of food allergies vary considerably between studies...
Establishing the diagnosis of peanut allergy in children never exposed to peanut or with an uncertain history: a cross-Canada studyMoshe Ben-Shoshan
Division of Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Pediatr Allergy Immunol 21:920-6. 2010
..Over 18% (95% CI, 14.4-23.0%) of children were diagnosed with PA without fulfilling even the least stringent diagnostic criteria...
CTLA-4Ig: uses and future directionsMoshe Ben-Shoshan
Department of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada
Recent Pat Inflamm Allergy Drug Discov 3:132-42. 2009
..Patents related to CTLA-4 function as well as possible clinical applications are discussed in this paper...
Omalizumab: not only for asthmaMoshe Ben-Shoshan
Division of Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Recent Pat Inflamm Allergy Drug Discov 2:191-201. 2008
..This might better guide future clinical practice regarding omalizumab treatment. This review article also discussed some patent related to the field...
Is the prevalence of peanut allergy increasing? A 5-year follow-up study in children in MontrealMoshe Ben-Shoshan
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Clinical Immunology Allergy and Rheumatology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
J Allergy Clin Immunol 123:783-8. 2009
..Studies suggest that peanut allergy prevalence might be increasing, but these results have not yet been substantiated...
The use of incentives in vulnerable populations for a telephone survey: a randomized controlled trialMegan Knoll
Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
BMC Res Notes 5:572. 2012
..The pilot study will compare response rates between vulnerable Canadian populations receiving and not receiving an incentive...
Inadvertent exposures in children with peanut allergyNha Uyen Nguyen-Luu
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Pediatr Allergy Immunol 23:133-9. 2012
..To determine the annual incidence, characterize the severity and management, and identify predictors of accidental exposure among a cohort of children with peanut allergy...
Food allergy: temporal trends and determinantsMoshe Ben-Shoshan
Division of Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Curr Allergy Asthma Rep 12:346-72. 2012
..Numerous environmental and demographic factors as well as gene-environment interactions may account for this increase in prevalence, but further studies are required to tease out their relative contribution...
Oral immunotherapy for milk allergyJoanne P Yeung
Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Montreal Children s Hospital McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 11:CD009542. 2012
..Milk oral immunotherapy (MOIT) may be an alternative treatment, through desensitization or induction of tolerance...