Dr. Rumiko Shibata, MD

Current affiliation:
Head of  Department of Pediatrics, Fukuoka National Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

Recent publications:  

  1. Prescott SL, Bjorksten B: Probiotics for the prevention or treatment of
    allergic diseases. J allergy Clin Immunol 120:255-62,2007.
  2. Boyle R J, Bath-Hextall FJ, Leonardi-Bee J, Murrell DF, L-K Tang M.
    Probiotics for the treatment of eczema: a systematic review. Cin Exp Allergy
    2009;39:1117-1127.
  3. Shibata R, Kimura M, Takahashi H, Mikami K, Aiba Y, Takeda H, Koga Y.
    Clinical effects of kestose, a prebiotic oligosaccharide,on the treatment of
    atopic dermatitis in infants. Cin Exp Allergy 2009:39:1397-1403.

Expertise and research areas:

Pediatric allergy; especially food allergy, anaphylaxis and atopic dermatitis
Patients with childhood allergies 4,000 or more visit the Fukuoka hospital a year.
Food challenge test, food desensitization therapy, diet therapy and prebiotics for food allergy and atopic dermatitis are provided as clinical studies.

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