Ragweed immunotherapy in adult asthma

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 334, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 501-506

  Creticos, Peter S ^a,i   Reed, Charles E ^b   Norman, Philip S ^a   Khoury, Jane ^c   Adkinson Jr , N Franklin ^a   Buncher, C Ralph ^c   Busse, William W ^d   Bush, Robert K ^d   Gadde, Jyothi ^e   Li, James T ^b   Richerson, Hal B ^f   Rosenthal, Richard R ^g   Solomon, William R ^h   Steinberg, Paul ⁱ   Yunginger, John W ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^e University Hospital ^*

^f Laboratory for Applied Immunology   (United States)

^g Urology Institute Case Medical Center University Hospitals   (United States)

^h HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ JOHNS HOPKINS ASTHMA AND ALLERGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; RAGWEED ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MALE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SKIN TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 9044239664     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199602223340804     Document Type: Article

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