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Specific immunotherapy in children

Specific immunotherapy in children
Specific immunotherapy in children
Subcutaneous immunotherapy (SCIT) with allergen extracts in children with allergic rhinitis, with or without co-seasonal asthma, has developed into a routine treatment although the scientific evidence for its efficacy is not as strong as for adults. In the hands of experienced allergists, this treatment has been proven to be safe. The development of allergen tablets for sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) may open a new age of more convenient, safer SIT. In children, in particular, the evidence for the long-term efficacy of SLIT, its ability to prevent the development of asthma and polysensitization and its comparability to SCIT will be required before it will replace the traditional subcutaneous route. Issues of compliance represent an important drawback of SLIT. We need ways of improving this. Treatment of asthma by immunotherapy is still restricted to clearly defined patients with mild to moderate asthma with symptoms that are related to the specific allergen sensitization. In these patients, symptoms and use of anti-inflammatory therapy can be reduced by SIT.
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Bufe, A.
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Roberts, Graham
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Bufe, A.
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Roberts, Graham
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Bufe, A. and Roberts, Graham (2011) Specific immunotherapy in children. Clinical & Experimental Allergy, 41 (9), 1256-1262. (doi:10.1111/j.1365-2222.2011.03740.x). (PMID:21518041)

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Abstract

Subcutaneous immunotherapy (SCIT) with allergen extracts in children with allergic rhinitis, with or without co-seasonal asthma, has developed into a routine treatment although the scientific evidence for its efficacy is not as strong as for adults. In the hands of experienced allergists, this treatment has been proven to be safe. The development of allergen tablets for sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) may open a new age of more convenient, safer SIT. In children, in particular, the evidence for the long-term efficacy of SLIT, its ability to prevent the development of asthma and polysensitization and its comparability to SCIT will be required before it will replace the traditional subcutaneous route. Issues of compliance represent an important drawback of SLIT. We need ways of improving this. Treatment of asthma by immunotherapy is still restricted to clearly defined patients with mild to moderate asthma with symptoms that are related to the specific allergen sensitization. In these patients, symptoms and use of anti-inflammatory therapy can be reduced by SIT.

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Published date: 25 April 2011
Organisations: Human Development & Health

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Local EPrints ID: 351133
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/351133
ISSN: 0954-7894
PURE UUID: b8c0244c-0603-4ab2-afcb-fb7ee54c3ff9
ORCID for Graham Roberts: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2252-1248

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Date deposited: 17 Apr 2013 11:05
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:22

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Author: A. Bufe
Author: Graham Roberts ORCID iD

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