Effectiveness of low dose immunotherapy in the treatment of canine atopic dermatitis: A prospective, double-blinded, clinical study

Veterinary Dermatology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 162-170

  Colombo, Silvia ^a,b   Hill, Peter B ^a   Shaw, Darren J ^a   Thoday, Keith L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ARTUVETRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE;

ALLERGEN SPECIFIC IMMUNOTHERAPY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRURITUS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; INJECTIONS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 21644468990     PISSN: 09594493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3164.2005.00453.x     Document Type: Article

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