Alimentary Allergy and Ultrasonography: Facts and Fantasies

Raffaele Minella 1, Arturo Tozzi 2, Francesco Carlomagno 1, Salvatore Iasevoli 2, Eugenio Rossi3, Rocco Minelli 4, 1Primary Care Pediatrician, ASLNA3Sud, Italy 2Primary Care Pediatrician, ASLNA2Nord, Italy 3Department of Radiology, “Santobono-Pausilipon” Children Hospital, Naples, Italy 4Department of Life and Health “V. Tiberio”, University of Molise, Italy Corresponding Author: Raffaele Minella, PHD, email: raffaele-minella@libero.it Abstract: The internationals guidelines about food intolerances, allergy and immunity provide for rigorous steps in which ultrasonography is not provided. However there is evidence in literature about an ancillar role of ultrasonography in these conditions. In this report we analyze the main pathologies with allergic or immune pathogenesis

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