[Allergen specific immunotherapy celebrated 100 years in 2011!].
Allergen specific immunotherapy begun 100 years ago, when Leonard Noon published his works. Important progress have been made ever since and numerous studies published. The indications enlarged with the time and thus, more allergen based treatments became available. The purpose of this article is to give a quick review of specific immunotherapy history on occasion of its centenary, and summarize the most important clinical developments reached in 2011 in this field.
Service d'immunologie et d'allergologie, Département des spécialites de médecine, HUG, 1211 Genève 14. sandra.paiano@hcuge.ch
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