Sublingual immunotherapy for Alternaria-induced allergic rhinitis: A randomized placebo-controlled trial

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 382-386

  Cortellini, Gabriele ^a   Spadolini, Igino ^b   Patella, Vincenzo ^c   Fabbri, Elisabetta ^a   Santucci, Annalisa ^a   Severino, Maurizio ^d   Corvetta, Angelo ^a   Canonica, Giorgio Walter ^e   Passalacqua, Giovanni ^e  

^a Rimini Hospital   (Italy)

^b Anallergo Laboratories   (Italy)

^c General Hospital of Agropoli   (Italy)

^d Allergy and Clinical Immunology Unit   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALLERGO; BETAMETHASONE; CETIRIZINE; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IMMUNOLOGIC AGENT; PLACEBO; PRECIPITIN; SALBUTAMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; ORAL PRURITUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADMINISTRATION, SUBLINGUAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTERNARIA; ANTIGENS, PLANT; ASTHMA; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 78049454433     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2010.08.007     Document Type: Article

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