Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 50, Issue 2 , Pages 44-49 , April 2009

Sublingual Immunotherapy in Children: An Updated Review

  • Chang-Hung Kuo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wei-Li Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yu-Te Chu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Min-Sheng Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chih-Hsing Hung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, No. 100, Shi-Chuan 1st Road, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Received 12 May 2008 ,Revised 11 September 2008 ,Accepted 20 October 2008.

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PII: S1875-9572(09)60031-0

doi: 10.1016/S1875-9572(09)60031-0

Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 50, Issue 2 , Pages 44-49 , April 2009

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