Personalized medicine in allergy

Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 15-24

  Ferrando, Matteo ^a   Bagnasco, Diego ^a   Varricchi, Gilda ^b   Bernardi, Stefano ^a   Bragantini, Alice ^a   Passalacqua, Giovanni ^a   Canonica, Giorgio Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allergy; Mepolizumab; Monoclonal antibodies; Omalizumab; Personalized precision medicine

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MEPOLIZUMAB; OMALIZUMAB;

ALLERGY; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ASTHMA; DRUG TARGETING; HUMAN; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; REVIEW;

EID: 85007524599     PISSN: 20927355     EISSN: 20927363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4168/aair.2017.9.1.15     Document Type: Review

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