Leukotrienes and leukotriene receptor antagonists in food allergy gastrointestinal disorder / 国际儿科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Food allergy( FA) is a growing health problem which affects young children′s growth. Re-cent studies have showed that leukotrienes can contract gastrointestinal smooth muscle,increase intestinal perm-bility,and it is obviously related to the development of FA gastrointestinal disorder. Leukotriene receptor antago-nists have provided a good therapeutic option and showed clinical benefits in the management of the FA gastroin-testinal disorder.