Immunotherapy Suppresses both Th1 and Th2 Responses by Allergen Stimulation, but Suppression of the Th2 Response is a More Important Mechanism Related to the Clinical Efficacy of Immunotherapy for Perennial Allergic Rhinitis
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- 1 August 1998
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wiley in Scandinavian Journal of Immunology
- Vol. 48 (2) , 201-211
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3083.1998.00362.x
Abstract
Increased attention has recently been directed at the possibility that the clinical efficacy of immunotherapy might be elaborated by alteration of T‐cell reactivity. However, there is no general agre...Keywords
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