title: The history of pediatric allergy in Europe - from a working group to ESPACI and SP-EAACI.
abstract: A Working Group on Pediatric Allergology was formed in 1984, which rapidly developed to become the European Society on Pediatric Allergology and Clinical Immunology (ESPACI) in 1988 with its own journal, Pediatric Allergology and Immunology. ESPACI worked together with the European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) to form a Section of Pediatrics within EAACI (SP-EAACI) in 1996. The ESPACI and the SP-EAACI formally merged in 2001. Within the EAACI organization, the Pediatric Section has continued to grow. The Pediatric Section is working to develop pediatric allergology across Europe, focusing on postgraduate education, facilitating the research agenda and advocating for children and adolescents with allergies.
authors: Department of Pediatric Allergy, Women's and Children's Health, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden. sten.dreborg@kbh.uu.se
authors: Sten
authors: S
authors: Dreborg
authors: Graham
authors: G
authors: Roberts
authors: Susanne
authors: S
authors: Lau
authors: Alexandra F
authors: AF
authors: Santos
authors: Susanne
authors: S
authors: Halken
authors: Arne
authors: A
authors: Høst
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000486:Allergy and Immunology / Q000266:history*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005060:Europe; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000266:history*; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000266:history*