title: [Specific allergen immunotherapy in autoimmune diseases].
abstract: The attempts to link allergies with autoimmune diseases have been investigated for many years. It is believed that patients with allergies are characterized by a lower predisposition to systemic diseases. However, this view is rather poorly documented. There are few papers reporting the induction of autoimmune diseases in individual patients. However, the question whether an autoimmune disease, even subclinical was present before the start of AIT, should also be considered. Single studies including large groups of patients with long-term follow-up demonstrated a slight but statistically significant reduction in the risk of autoimmune diseases in patients with AIT compared to similar patients with allergy not subjected to AIT. Obviously, these results require further studies on large populations.
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bożek
mesh_terms: D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000276:immunology*; D003888:Desensitization, Immunologic; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy*