ABSTRACT
Asthma ....................................................................................... 435 17.7 Safety of Immunotherapy .......................................................... 438 17.8 Immunotherapy in Special Situations In Children ..................... 441 17.9 Immunotherapy Schedules and Doses Patient Selection ........... 442 17.10 Predicting the Response to Immunotherapy ............................ 450 17.11 Novel Approaches to Allergen Immunotherapy ...................... 450 Keywords .............................................................................................. 451 References ............................................................................................. 451
17.1 INTRODUCTION
With the increasing costs of newer medications and increasing number of sufferers, continuous dependence on just pharmacotherapy is
unsustainable. Both patients and physicians are seeking more specific and long term control of allergic disorders (Calderon et al., 2012).
