Importance of patient's education in favouring compliance with sublingual immunotherapy

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1341-1342

  Incorvaia, C ^a   Rapetti, A ^a   Scurati, S ^a   Puccinelli, P ^a   Capecce, M ^a   Frati, F ^a  

^a ICP Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

allergic rhinitis; compliance; patient's education; sublingual immunotherapy

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; POLLEN ANTIGEN; STALLERGEN; STALORAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH DISEASE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAGWEED POLLEN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADMINISTRATION, SUBLINGUAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956431823     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2010.02347.x     Document Type: Article

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