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Article: GA2LEN to Launch New Pan-European Surveillance System for Inhalant Allergies on World Allergy Day.
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- PR Newswire Europe
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- July 8, 2005
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BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 8 /PRNewswire/ --
- The Prevalence of Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma Continues to Grow as Europeans Face Increasing Exposure to New Allergens
The partners of the Global Allergy and Asthma European Network of Excellence (GA2LEN) have designed a new pan-European skin prick test panel to study the prevalence of allergens throughout the EU. An unrestricted educational grant from Schering-Plough has allowed GA2LEN to initiate use of this innovative tool for the surveillance of changes in epidemiology in all 25 research centres that comprise the Network of Excellence.
The skin prick test panel, which assesses sensitization ...