Article: Systemic Immunological Changes Induced by Mucosal Delivery.(during sublingual immunotherapy)

2000 JAN 30 - (NewsRx.com) -- Systemic immunological changes are induced by the administration of grass pollen allergens via the oral mucosa during sublingual immunotherapy, reported researchers from Austria.

"Twenty-four patients suffering from grass pollen allergy underwent sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) with standardized grass pollen extract for 1 year," wrote C. Fanta and colleagues from the University of Vienna, Austria. "In order to investigate immunological changes induced by the administration of allergens via the oral mucosa, the SLIT-spit method was applied."

Fanta et al. published the results of their study in International Archives of ...

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