Latex immunotherapy: State of the art

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 160-165

  Nettis, Eustachio ^a   Delle Donne, Pantalea ^a   Di Leo, Elisabetta ^a,b   Fantini, Paola ^a   Passalacqua, Giovanni ^c   Bernardini, Roberto ^d   Canonica, Giorgio Walter ^c   Ferrannini, Antonio ^a   Vacca, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d San Guiseppe Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LATEX; PLACEBO;

ALLERGY; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ASTHMA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HAND ECZEMA; HUMAN; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RHINITIS; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SUBCUTANEOUS IMMUNOTHERAPY; SUBLINGUAL IMMUNOTHERAPY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URTICARIA;

ADMINISTRATION, SUBLINGUAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LATEX; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865515680     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2012.07.004     Document Type: Review

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