Evidence of effect of subcutaneous immunotherapy in children: Complete and updated review from 2006 onward

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Larenas Linnemann, Désirée E S ^a   Pietropaolo Cienfuegos, Dino R ^b   Calderón, Moisés A ^b,c  

^a Hospital Medica Sur   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MÉXICO FEDERICO GÓMEZ   (Mexico)

^c ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ALTERNARIA ALLERGEN; ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; BUDESONIDE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; COLECALCIFEROL; CORTICOSTEROID; GLUTARALDEHYDE; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; MONTELUKAST; PLACEBO; POLLEN ANTIGEN; PREDNISONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALTERNARIA; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG USE; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SENSITIZATION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SKIN SENSITIVITY; SUBCUTANEOUS IMMUNOTHERAPY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 80054804461     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2011.07.018     Document Type: Review

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