The REPEAT study: Recognizing and evaluating periodic local reactions in allergen immunotherapy and associated systemic reactions

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-53

  Calabria, Christopher W ^a   Stolfi, Adrienne ^b   Tankersley, Michael S ^a  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INJECTION; LARGE LOCAL REACTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTEMIC REACTION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ALLERGENS; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78650876021     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2010.10.025     Document Type: Article

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