title: Specific immunotherapy in children: past and present.
abstract: Specific immunotherapy (SIT) in children is usually completely neglected. Pediatric SIT being not an optional treatment should be administered as soon as possible, also in children aged 2-3 years, due to the very early asthma and rhinitis onset, contrarily to a recent publication that continues to stress the danger of anaphylactic reactions without displaying reliable data. On the other hand drugs represent only a symptomatic treatment, therefore SIT is the only treatment which can alter the natural course of respiratory diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cantani
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000628:therapy*; D007167:Immunotherapy