New treatments for allergen immunotherapy

Allergen-specific immunotherapy (SIT) represents the only curative and specific way for the treatment of allergic diseases, which have reached a pandemic dimension in industrial countries affecting up to 20-30% of the population. Although applied for 100 years to cure allergy, SIT still faces severa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mübeccel Akdis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-01-01
Series:World Allergy Organization Journal
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1939455119302522