title: Clinical practice guidelines and specific antigen immunotherapy.
abstract: Allergy immunotherapy is a safe, effective treatment modality in selected patients. The length of therapy and the wide variety of patient sensitivities make it difficult to develop and test evidence-based guidelines in all areas of immunotherapy. A review of techniques and the evidence supporting them is provided in this article.
authors.affiliation: Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17105-8700, USA. entshop@aol.com
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Fornadley
mesh_terms: D000485:Allergens / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology*; D003888:Desensitization, Immunologic; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000628:therapy*; D007167:Immunotherapy / Q000379:methods; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic
chemical_list: D000485:Allergens