Sublingual immunotherapy with a standardised grass pollen extract; A double-blind placebo-controlled study

Allergologia et Immunopathologia

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 234-240

  Hordijk, G J ^a   Antvelink, J B ^b   Luwema, Renee A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Hospital Centre Apeldoorn   (Netherlands)

^c ARTU Biologicals Europe BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinoconjunctivitis; Grass pollen; Immunotherapy; Specific IgG; Sublingual

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; ORALGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FEVER; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRURITUS; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SUBLINGUAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, SUBLINGUAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DROPOUTS; POLLEN; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SAFETY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032446734     PISSN: 03010546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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