title: Allergen immunotherapy: an effective immune-modifier.
abstract: Allergen-specific immunotherapy (IT) consists in administering gradually increasing doses of an allergen extract to sensitive patients. This practice results in ameliorating symptoms associated with the subsequent exposure to the causative allergen. Presently, the lack of therapies which affect the pathogenesis of the disease make IT the only treatment that may improve the natural course of allergic diseases.
authors.affiliation: Allergy and Immunology Section, Department Internal Medicine, G. D'Annunzio University, School of Medicine, Chieti, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Di Gioacchino
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cavallucci
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Di Sciascio
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Di Stefano
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authors.lastname: Verna
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authors.lastname: Raimondo
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authors.lastname: Lobefalo
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authors.lastname: Conti
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authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cuccurullo