The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 96, Issue 6 , Pages 879-885 , December 1995

Long-term follow-up of patients treated with a three-year course of cat or dog immunotherapy

Received 19 May 1994 ,Revised 14 February 1995 ,Accepted 14 February 1995.

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☆ From aDepartment of Pediatrics, Huddinge; bthe Department of Medicine, Danderyds Hospital, Danderyd; cSachs Children’s Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden; dDepartment of Lung Medicine and Allergy, Huddinge; and eALK Research, Hørsholm, Denmark.

☆☆ Reprint requests: Gunilla Hedlin, MD, Department of Pediatrics B57, Karolinska Instituet at Huddinge Hospital, S-141 86 Huddinge, Sweden.

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The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 96, Issue 6 , Pages 879-885 , December 1995

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