Clinical contraindications to allergen immunotherapy



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It presents an analysis of international position papers, federal clinical recommendations and national publications focused on contraindications to allergen immunotherapy (AIT) in recent years. In details absolute and relative clinical contraindications to allergen immunotherapy (AIT) are described.

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O M Kurbacheva

Institute of Immunology

Email: kurbacheva@gmail.com

K S Pavlova

Institute of Immunology

M A Galitskaya

Institute of Immunology

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