Sublingual immunotherapy: time to reconsider compliance and adherence
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Sublingual immunotherapy: time to reconsider compliance and adherence
Methods We conducted a non-interventional, cross-sectional and retrospective quality-of -lifesurvey including 201 patients treated with SLIT at one pediatric practice in Germany. Clinical or demographical characteristics of the examined patients were not interrogated. Patients ́ compliance was calculated based on the duration of active treatment participation. Quality of life was assessed with t...
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عنوان ژورنال: World Allergy Organization Journal
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1939-4551
DOI: 10.1186/1939-4551-8-s1-a68