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Sublingual immunotherapy for the treatment of allergies
- Source :
- South African Family Practice, Vol 58, Iss 2 (2016)
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- AOSIS, 2016.
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Abstract
- The treatment of allergies often involves pharmacological therapy and recommendations by healthcare workers that the allergen should be avoided. Allergen-specific immunotherapy has emerged as an alternative to effectively decrease the immunoglobulin (Ig) E:IgG4 ratio. Two routes of administration are described, namely subcutaneous immunotherapy, which has always been considered to be the gold standard of treatment, and sublingual immunotherapy, which has recently been shown to have fewer systemic side-effects and improved compliance by patients.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20786190 and 20786204
- Volume :
- 58
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- South African Family Practice
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.f9d7e2b0e1af4db88cfcd9e507a2d6e0
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4102/safp.v58i2.4448