Oral immunotherapy for the treatment of peanut allergy: Systematic review of six case series studies

Primary Care Respiratory Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-49

  Sheikh, Aziz ^a   Nurmatov, Ulugbek ^a   Venderbosch, Iris ^a   Bischoff, Erik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Oral immunotherapy; Peanut allergy; Systematic review; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; HYDROCORTISONE; SALBUTAMOL; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; NAUSEA; ORAL IMMUNOTHERAPY; PEANUT ALLERGY; PRURITUS; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URTICARIA; VOMITING; WHEEZING;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; HUMANS; PEANUT HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 84857939381     PISSN: 14714418     EISSN: 14751534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2011.00071     Document Type: Article

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