Clinico-immunologic study on immunotherapy with mixed and single insect allergens

Journal of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 665-673

  Srivastava, Deepsikha ^a,b   Singh, Bhanu P ^a   Arora, Naveen ^a   Gaur, Shailendra Nath ^c  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Double blind placebo controlled trial; ELISA; Immunotherapy; Insect allergy; Pulmonary function test

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTACID AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; COCKROACH ALLERGEN; HOUSEFLY ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; INSECT PROTEIN; MOSQUITO ALLERGEN; OMEPRAZOLE; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INSECT ALLERGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN PRURITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CELL EXTRACTS; COCKROACHES; COMPLEX MIXTURES; CULICIDAE; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HOUSEFLIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL;

EID: 69249217718     PISSN: 02719142     EISSN: 15732592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10875-009-9307-7     Document Type: Article

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