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Pharmaceuticals 2012, 5, 655-664; doi:10.3390/ph5060655 OPEN ACCESS Pharmaceuticals ISSN 1424-8247 /journal/pharmaceuticals Review The Potential Therapeutic Efficacy of Lactobacillus GG in Children with Food Allergies 1,2, 1 1 1 Roberto Berni Canani *, Margherita Di Costanzo , Vincenza Pezzella , Linda Cosenza , 1 3 1 Viviana Granata , Gianluca Terrin and Rita Nocerino 1 Department of Pediatrics, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80131, Naples, Italy; E-Mails: mara.dicostanzo@live.it (M.D.C.); cinzia3006@ (V.P.); lindacosenza@libero.it (L.C.); vivigranata@ (V.G.); ritanocerino@alice.it (R.N.) 2 European Laboratory for the Investigation of Food Induced Diseases, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80131, Naples, Italy 3 Department of Woman’s Health and Territorial Medicine, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy; E-Mail: gianluca.terrin@uniroma1.it (G.T.) * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: berni@unina.it; Tel.: +39-081-7462680; Fax: +39-081-5451278. Received: 16 May 2012; in revisedform: 4 June 2012 / Accepted: 6 June 2012 / Published: 19 June 2012 Abstract: Food allergy (FA) continues to be a growing health concern for infants living in Western countries. The long-term prognosis for the majority of affected infants is good, with 80–90% naturally acquiring tolerance by the age