Long-term clinical efficacy of grass-pollen immunotherapy.

@article{Durham1999LongtermCE,
  title={Long-term clinical efficacy of grass-pollen immunotherapy.},
  author={S. Durham and S. Walker and E. Varga and M. Jacobson and F. O'Brien and W. Noble and S. Till and Q. Hamid and K. Nouri-Aria},
  journal={The New England journal of medicine},
  year={1999},
  volume={341 7},
  pages={
          468-75
        }
}
  • S. Durham, S. Walker, +6 authors K. Nouri-Aria
  • Published 1999
  • Medicine
  • The New England journal of medicine
    • BACKGROUND Pollen immunotherapy is effective in selected patients with IgE-mediated seasonal allergic rhinitis, although it is questionable whether there is long-term benefit after the discontinuation of treatment. METHODS We conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of the discontinuation of immunotherapy for grass-pollen allergy in patients in whom three to four years of this treatment had previously been shown to be effective. During the three years of this trial… CONTINUE READING
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