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Staffan Ahlstedt

Staffan Ahlstedt

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Immunology

D-Index
62
Citations
16258
World Ranking
3117
National Ranking
67

Overview

Staffan Ahlstedt is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and focuses their research primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work spans several subfields, including Immunology and Allergy, Surgery, Cognitive Neuroscience, Physiology, and Clinical Psychology.

They have contributed extensively to the study of food allergies and related conditions, with a notable emphasis on Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research and Eosinophilic Esophagitis. Their research also touches on topics such as the Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment, Asthma and respiratory diseases, Eating Disorders and Behaviors, the COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts, and Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations.

Staffan Ahlstedt has published in several peer-reviewed journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology
  • Clinical & Experimental Allergy
  • Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
  • Current Treatment Options in Allergy
  • Frontiers in Allergy

Among their recent publications are:

  • "The burden of food allergy on children and teens: A systematic review," 2022, Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
  • "A scoping review of the caregiver burden of pediatric food allergy," 2021, Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology
  • "The Economic Burden of Food Allergy: What We Know and What We Need to Learn," 2022, Current Treatment Options in Allergy
  • "Associations between food allergy and perceived life status," 2020, Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology
  • "A scoping review protocol for evaluating cost questionnaires aimed at measuring the household financial burden of food allergy," 2024, Clinical & Experimental Allergy

Their frequent collaborators include Jennifer L. P. Protudjer, Michael A. Golding, Ayel Luis R. Batac, Nina Veetnisha Gunnarsson, and Roelinde Middelveld.

Best Publications

  • Eosinophilic inflammation in asthma.

    J Bousquet;P Chanez;J Y Lacoste;G Barnéon

  • Current issues relating to in vitro testing for allergen-specific IgE: a workshop report

    J.C. Selner;T.J. Sullivan;S. Ahlstedt;H.N. Claman

  • Allergy or tolerance in children sensitized to peanut: Prevalence and differentiation using component-resolved diagnostics

    Nicolaos Nicolaou;Maryam Poorafshar;Clare Murray;Angela Simpson

  • Antibody-forming cells in human colostrum after oral immunisation.

    R. M. Goldblum;S. Ahlstedt;B. Carlsson;L. Å Hanson

  • Determination of food specific IgE levels over time can predict the development of tolerance in cow's milk and hen's egg allergy.

    Lynette P.C. Shek;Lars Soderstrom;Staffan Ahlstedt;Kirsten Beyer

  • Peanut allergy: Clinical and immunologic differences among patients from 3 different geographic regions.

    Andrea Vereda;Marianne van Hage;Staffan Ahlstedt;Maria Dolores Ibañez

  • The use of serum-specific IgE measurements for the diagnosis of peanut, tree nut, and seed allergy.

    Jennifer M. Maloney;Magnus Rudengren;Staffan Ahlstedt;S.A. Bock

  • Indirect evidence of bronchial inflammation assessed by titration of inflammatory mediators in BAL fluid of patients with asthma

    Jean Bousquet;Pascal Chanez;Jean Yves Lacoste;Ingrid Enander

  • IgE antibody quantification and the probability of wheeze in preschool children

    Angela Simpson;Lars Soderstrom;Staffan Ahlstedt;Clare S. Murray

  • Quantitative IgE antibody assays in allergic diseases.

    John W. Yunginger;Staffan Ahlstedt;Staffan Ahlstedt;Peyton A. Eggleston;Henry A. Homburger

  • Protective Factors in Milk and the Development of the Immune System

    Lars Å. Hanson;Staffan Ahlstedt;Bengt Andersson;Barbro Carlsson

  • Health-related quality of life in food hypersensitive schoolchildren and their families: parents' perceptions

    Birgitta Marklund;Staffan Ahlstedt;Gun Nordström

  • IgE to peanut allergen components: relation to peanut symptoms and pollen sensitization in 8‐year‐olds

    A. Asarnoj;Robert Movérare;E. Östblom;E. Östblom;M. Poorafshar

  • Toward improved prediction of risk for atopy and asthma among preschoolers: A prospective cohort study

    Patrick G. Holt;Julie Rowe;Merci Kusel;Faith Parsons

  • Health-related quality of life among adolescents with allergy-like conditions - with emphasis on food hypersensitivity.

    Birgitta Marklund;Staffan Ahlstedt;Gun Nordström

  • Prenatal versus postnatal sensitization to environmental allergens in a high-risk birth cohort

    Julie Rowe;Merci Kusel;Barbara J. Holt;Devinda Suriyaarachchi

  • Local allergic reaction in food-hypersensitive adults despite a lack of systemic food-specific IgE.

    Xiao Ping Lin;Jenny Magnusson;Staffan Ahlstedt;Anna Dahlman-Höglund

  • Accuracy of IgE antibody laboratory results.

    Robert A. Wood;Nathan Segall;Staffan Ahlstedt;P Brock Williams

  • A further evaluation of the clinical use of specific IgE antibody testing in allergic diseases

    L. Söderström;A. Kober;S. Ahlstedt;H. de Groot

  • Modification of IgE binding during heat processing of the cow's milk allergen beta-lactoglobulin.

    Britt-Marie Ehn;Bo Ekstrand;Ulf Bengtsson;Staffan Ahlstedt

Frequent Co-Authors

L. Å. Hanson
L. Å. Hanson University of Gothenburg
Magnus Wickman
Magnus Wickman Karolinska Institute
Lars Å. Hanson
Lars Å. Hanson University of Gothenburg
Gunnar Lilja
Gunnar Lilja Karolinska Institute
Agnes E. Wold
Agnes E. Wold University of Gothenburg
Bengt Björkstén
Bengt Björkstén Karolinska Institute
Sven-Erik Dahlén
Sven-Erik Dahlén Karolinska Institute
Ulf Jodal
Ulf Jodal University of Gothenburg
Patrick G. Holt
Patrick G. Holt University of Western Australia
Adnan Custovic
Adnan Custovic Imperial College London

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