Respiratory Medicine
Volume 100, Issue 8 , Pages 1374-1383 , August 2006

Efficacy of sublingual immunotherapy with high-dose mite extracts in asthma: A multi-center, double-blind, randomized, and placebo-controlled study in Taiwan

  • Chen-Kuang Niu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Children's Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Wu-Yuan Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Medical College, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Jing-Long Huang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Allergy, Asthma and Rheumatology, Linko Chang Gung Children's Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Ko-Huang Lue

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Jiu-Yao Wang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, National Chen-Kung University, No.138, Sheng-Li Road, Tainan, 70428, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +88662353535; fax: +88662753083.

Received 25 August 2005 ,Accepted 23 November 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2005.11.016

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 100, Issue 8 , Pages 1374-1383 , August 2006

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