Clinical efficacy and tolerability of a steady dosage schedule of local nasal immunotherapy. Results of preseasonal treatment in grass pollen rhinitis

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-51

  Bertoni, Michele ^a   Cosmi, Franco ^a   Bianchi, Ines ^b   Di Berardino, Luigi ^a,b  

^a MISERICORDIA E DOLCE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SARM   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRASS; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032895048     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)62659-2     Document Type: Article

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