A practical view of immunotherapy for food allergy
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A practical view of immunotherapy for food allergy
Food allergy is common and sometimes life threatening for Korean children. The current standard treatment of allergen avoidance and self-injectable epinephrine does not change the natural course of food allergy. Recently, oral, sublingual, and epicutaneous immunotherapies have been studied for their effectiveness against food allergy. While various rates of desensitization (36% to 100%) and tol...
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عنوان ژورنال: Korean Journal of Pediatrics
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1738-1061,2092-7258
DOI: 10.3345/kjp.2016.59.2.47