CAPture – A selection of recent allergy papers

4 MA in diagnosing pollen allergies Improving the diagnostic work-up of pollen allergic patients For successful specific immunotherapy (SIT) treatment of pollen allergies the patient should be treated with an appropriate extract containing the actual symptom-triggering proteins in sufficient quantities. Molecular allergology (MA) helps to pin-point the actual allergenic molecule(s) responsible for the symptoms which is crucial for optimal treatment of patients. In this review, MA and its benefits in the work-up of patients indicated for SIT are described and recent publications on the subject are reviewed.