Omalizumab in Children

Pediatric Drugs

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 491-502

  Licari, Amelia ^a   Marseglia, Alessia ^a   Caimmi, Silvia ^a   Castagnoli, Riccardo ^a   Foiadelli, Thomas ^a   Barberi, Salvatore ^b   Marseglia, Gian Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OMALIZUMAB; ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; ANTIIDIOTYPIC ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANAPHYLAXIS; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; NOSE POLYP; OFF LABEL DRUG USE; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS URTICARIA; URTICARIA; ASTHMA; CHILD; IMMUNOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED; ASTHMA; CHILD; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; OMALIZUMAB; QUALITY OF LIFE; URTICARIA;

EID: 84919949566     PISSN: 11745878     EISSN: 11792019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40272-014-0107-z     Document Type: Review

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