Sublingual immunotherapy for treating allergic conjunctivitis

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Calderon, Moises A ^a   Penagos, Martin ^a   Sheikh, Aziz ^b   Canonica, Giorgio W ^c   Durham, Stephen ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; PLACEBO;

ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; CHEMOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DESENSITIZATION; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIPHORA; EYE SWELLING; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; OCULAR PRURITUS; REVIEW; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 70349162056     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007685     Document Type: Review

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