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One hundred years have elapsed since specific allergen immunotherapy (SIT) was first employed and found to be effective in the treatment of allergic respiratory diseases. This cutting-edge issue of "Immunology and Allergy Clinics" offers a comprehensive review of this disease modifying treatment, exploring its history, status, and potential future. Topics covered include the mechanisms of subcutaneous allergen immunotherapy; the mechanisms of sublingual immunotherapy; optimizing efficacy of subcutaneous immunotherapy; preparation of allergen immunotherapy extraxcts; risk factors and subcutaneous immunotherapy safety; accelerated schedules and reducing risk with premedication (antihistamines, omalizumab, leucotriene antagonist); safety and efficacy of sublingual immunotherapy for allergic respiratory disease and other indications; monitoring clinical outcomes of specific immunotherapy; monitoring immunotherapy response with immunological parameters; socioeconomics and comparative effectiveness of immunotherapy; oral desensitization for food hypersensitivity; peptide and recombinant immunotherapy; intralymphatic and epicutaneous allergen-specific immunotherapy; peptide and recombinant immunotherapy; adjuvants and vector systems for allergy faccines; and, future forms of immunotherapy.

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Book category Books in English Medicine Clinical & internal medicine Diseases & disorders

• Full title: Allergen Immunotherapy, An Issue of Immunology and Allergy Clinics
• Author: Linda Cox
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 312
• EAN: 9781455711482
• ISBN: 1455711489
• ID: 04803657
• Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
• Weight: 560 g
• Dimensions: 152 × 229 × 15 mm
• Date of publishing: 06. June 2011

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