title: Component-resolved diagnosis-assisted prescription of allergen-specific immunotherapy: a practical guide.
abstract: Allergen specific immunotherapy remains the only means to change the natural history of allergic disease. Thanks to the recent advances in molecular biology a large spectrum of purified allergen molecules are presently routinely available for diagnostic purposes. This review represents a practical guide on how to use these new diagnostic tools in order to detect precisely the primary sensitizing allergen sources in subjects showing a multiple sensitization to seasonal and/or perennial airborne allergens, thus avoiding the diagnostic mistakes that have been probably associated with the prescription and administration of several ineffective immunotherapies up to a recent past.
authors.affiliation: Ambulatorio di Allergologia, Clinica San Carlo, Paderno Dugnano, Italy. r.asero@libero.it
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Asero
mesh_terms: D000485:Allergens / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D003429:Cross Reactions; D003888:Desensitization, Immunologic / Q000379:methods*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D000485:Allergens