Immunotherapy for inhalant allergies: Guidelines for why, when, and how to use this treatment

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 89-106

  Portnoy, Jay M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CYTOKINE;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INHALATION; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0034998302     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.2001.05.929     Document Type: Conference Paper

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