Clinical effectiveness of hymenoptera venom immunotherapy [PDF]
, 2013 Treatment failure during venom immunotherapy (VIT) may be associated with a variety of risk factors. Our aim was to evaluate the association of baseline serum tryptase concentration (BTC) and of other parameters with the frequency of VIT failure during ...
Scheipl, Fabian +21 more
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A systematic review and economic evaluation of subcutaneous and sublingual allergen immunotherapy in adults and children with seasonal allergic rhinitis [PDF]
, 2013 © Queen’s Printer and Controller of HMSO 2013Severe allergic rhinitis uncontrolled by conventional medication can substantially affect quality of life. Immunotherapy involves administering increasing doses of a specific allergen, with the aim of reducing
B Kaambwa +15 more
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Release of Mast Cell Tryptase into Saliva: A Tool to Diagnose Food Allergy by a Mucosal Challenge Test? [PDF]
, 2011 Background: Our aim was to examine whether measurement of the saliva mast cell tryptase (MCT) concentrations before and after a mucosal challenge test with the offending food would be helpful in diagnosing food allergy.
Franziska Ruëff +9 more
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Oral Immunotherapy for Food Allergy: Towards a New Horizon [PDF]
, 2013 Food allergy has increased dramatically in prevalence over the past decade in westernized countries, and is now a major public health problem. Unfortunately for patients with food allergy, there is no effective therapy beyond food allergen avoidance, and
Umetsu, Dale +3 more
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Immunotherapy in Food Allergy [PDF]
Immunotherapy, 2010 Food allergies are caused by immune responses to food proteins and represent a breakdown of oral tolerance. They can range from mild pruritus to life-threatening anaphylaxis. The only current consensus for treatment is food avoidance, which is fraught with compliance issues.
Toral, Kamdar, Paul J, Bryce
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Fatal anaphylactic sting reaction in a patient with mastocytosis [PDF]
, 2008 We report on a 33-year-old female patient with indolent systemic mastocytosis and urticaria pigmentosa who died of an anaphylactic reaction after a yellow jacket sting.
Rueff, F. +4 more
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Allergy immunotherapy in combination with biological therapy in moderate and severe asthma
Клинический разбор в общей медицине, 2023 Background. Allergen immunotherapy (AIT) is a pathogenetic substantiated method for the allergic disease’s treatment, which allows reducing the symptom severity and decreasing the medication use.
Dariya S. Kulichenko +3 more
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Immunotherapy of mold allergy: A review [PDF]
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2017 Mold allergies are common, mainly target the respiratory tract and present as allergic rhinitis and/or bronchial asthma. Molds include a large group of different allergens that induce all types of allergic reactions. Allergen specific immunotherapies (AITs) to molds are common; however, at the present time, they are limited to Alternaria.
A. Bozek, K. Pyrkosz
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Oral Immunotherapy for Cow"s Milk Allergy: Five Years" Experience from a Single Center in Turkey
Balkan Medical Journal, 2020 Background: Oral immunotherapy for cow’s milk allergy is an effective treatment option because of its ability to increase the threshold for clinical reactions. Aims: To present our experience of oral immunotherapy for cow’s milk allergy in the pediatric
Esen Demir +3 more
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Skin as an immune organ and clinical applications of skin-based immunotherapy
World Allergy Organization Journal, 2018 Background The prevalence of food allergy is increasing, and allergen avoidance continues to be the main standard of care. There is a critical need for safe and effective forms of immunotherapy for patients with food allergy as well as other allergic ...
J. Andrew Bird +4 more
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