An overview of immunotherapy: Implications for the future

It is essential to indicated that the results of treatment were specific point out that the two treated groups are not cured and and that treatment with other allergens did not control still have some symptoms.

Abstract

Since its introduction in 1911 ,I desensitization, or In addition to this type of clinical data, immuhypensitization (more recently called “immunonologic methods developed in the last 20 yr provide therapy”), has been practiced by allergists mainly as data which explain, at least in part, the mechanisms an arc based on clinical observation of individual painvolved. At the clinical level, distinctions have been tients. The lack of quantifiable observation has led made as to which conditions are helped by immunoman?, both inside and outside the specialty, to look at therapy while some observations have given rough the tichnique with a questioning eye with the result indications of the dose required for amoon in rhireceived by the two treated groups did, indeed, modnitis in the August-September season. Their evidence ify their symptoms favorably.2 1 think it is essential to indicated that the results of treatment were specific point out that the two treated groups are not cured and and that treatment with other allergens did not control still have some symptoms. ragweed-induced symptoms.s