Double-blind, placebo-controlled evaluation of sublingual immunotherapy with standardized olive pollen extract in pediatric patients with allergic rhinoconjunctivitis and mild asthma due to olive pollen sensitization

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 662-672

  Vourdas, D ^a   Syrigou, E ^a   Potamianou, P ^a   Carat, F ^b   Batard, T ^b   Andre C ^b   Papageorgiou, P S ^a  

^a P AND A KYRIAKOU CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b Stallergenes SA   (France)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Olive allergy; Rhinoconjunctivitis; Sublingual immunotherapy

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BUDESONIDE; CETIRIZINE; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; POLLEN EXTRACT; PREDNISOLONE; SALBUTAMOL; TERBUTALINE; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SUBLINGUAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0031825102     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.1998.tb03952.x     Document Type: Article

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