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Vaccines Against Allergies
. Ed(S): Valenta, Rudolf; Coffman, Robert L.
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Hardback. Vaccines against Allergies celebrates the one hundred year anniversary of allergen-specific immunotherapy. Today allergen-specific immunotherapy is well established as the only allergen-specific and disease-modifying treatment for IgE-mediated allergies and has long-lasting effects. Editor(s): Valenta, Rudolf; Coffman, Robert L. Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology. Num Pages: 193 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: MJCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 461.
We are celebrating this year the hundred years´ anniversary of allergen-specific immunotherapy. In 1911 Leonard Noon published his seminal work “Prophylactic inoculation against hay fever” describing his attempts to achieve active immunity against “grass pollen toxin” by administering increasing doses of grass pollen extract before the grass pollen season to allergic patients. Although it was unknown at that time that allergy represents an immunological hypersensitivity disease, the treatment was effective and many observations made by Noon remained valid until today. Today allergen-specific immunotherapy is well established as the only allergen-specific and disease-modifying treatment for IgE-mediated allergies and has long-lasting effects. ... Read more
We are celebrating this year the hundred years´ anniversary of allergen-specific immunotherapy. In 1911 Leonard Noon published his seminal work “Prophylactic inoculation against hay fever” describing his attempts to achieve active immunity against “grass pollen toxin” by administering increasing doses of grass pollen extract before the grass pollen season to allergic patients. Although it was unknown at that time that allergy represents an immunological hypersensitivity disease, the treatment was effective and many observations made by Noon remained valid until today. Today allergen-specific immunotherapy is well established as the only allergen-specific and disease-modifying treatment for IgE-mediated allergies and has long-lasting effects. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
193
Condition
New
Series
Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
Number of Pages
182
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642200533
SKU
V9783642200533
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