Sublingual immunotherapy for allergic respiratory diseases: An evaluation of meta-analyses

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Nieto, Antonio ^a   Mazon, Angel ^a   Pamies, Rafael ^a   Bruno, Laura ^a   Navarro, Mariola ^a   Montanes, Ana ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allergy; asthma; bias; funnel plot; immunotherapy; meta analysis; rhinoconjunctivitis; sublingual; trim and fill

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INTERNAL BIAS; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION METHOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH SUBJECT; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 67649220642     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.04.015     Document Type: Article

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