"the value of pre- and co-seasonal sublingual immunotherapy in pollen-induced allergic rhinoconjunctivitis"

Clinical and Translational Allergy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Demoly, Pascal ^a,b   Calderon, Moises A ^c   Casale, Thomas B ^d   Malling, Hans Jørgen ^e   Wahn, Ulrich ^f  

^a HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Birch; Co seasonal; Grass; Pollen; Pre seasonal; Sublingual immunotherapy

Indexed keywords

GRASS POLLEN EXTRACT;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; COST CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG USE; HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SUBCUTANEOUS IMMUNOTHERAPY; SUBLINGUAL IMMUNOTHERAPY; TABLET; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 85006170268     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13601-015-0061-z     Document Type: Review

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