title: Molecular diagnosis and precision medicine in allergy management.
abstract: Precision medicine (PM) can be defined as a structural model aimed at customizing healthcare, with medical decisions/products tailored on an individual patient at a highly detailed level. In this sense, allergy diagnostics based on molecular allergen components allows to accurately define the patient's IgE repertoire. The availability of highly specialized singleplexed and multiplexed platforms support allergists with an advanced diagnostic armamentarium. The therapeutic intervention, driven by the standard diagnostic approach, but further supported by these innovative tools may result, for instance, in a more appropriate prescription of allergen immunotherapy (AIT). Also, the phenotyping of patients, which may have relevant effects on the treatment strategy, could be take advantage by the molecular allergy diagnosis.
authors.forename: Anna Maria
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Riccio
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Ferrari
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chiappori
authors.forename: Sabina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ledda
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Passalacqua
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Melioli
authors.forename: Giorgio Walter
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Canonica
mesh_terms: D003888:Desensitization, Immunologic; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D057285:Precision Medicine