TY - JOUR
T1 - Use of a specific oral hyposensitization therapy to Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus in children with atopic dermatitis
AU - Galli, E.
AU - Chini, L.
AU - Nardi, S.
AU - Benincori, N.
AU - Panei, P.
AU - Fraioli, G.
AU - Moschese, V.
AU - Rossi, P.
PY - 1994
Y1 - 1994
N2 - The aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of an oral specific hyposensitization therapy in children with atopic dermatitis and positive prick skin tests and/or RAST to Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (D.pt.). A total of 60 patients, in three different clinical groups, were selected for a three years clinical trial. Group A: children with atopic dermatitis and allergic asthma and/or rhinitis; groups B and C: children with exclusively atopic dermatitis. Groups A and B received specific hyposensitization therapy. Group C was the control group. The clinical evaluation of the dermatological lesions, at the end of our study, didn't show any significant difference among the three groups. Moreover, the onse of respiratory symptoms between the two groups with exclusively atopic dermatitis was similar and not related to the positivity of prick skin tests and/or RAST to seasonal allergens. Our study suggests that specific hyposensitisation therapy with extracts of D.pt., although with no side effects, does not affect the natural history of atopic dermatitis.
AB - The aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of an oral specific hyposensitization therapy in children with atopic dermatitis and positive prick skin tests and/or RAST to Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (D.pt.). A total of 60 patients, in three different clinical groups, were selected for a three years clinical trial. Group A: children with atopic dermatitis and allergic asthma and/or rhinitis; groups B and C: children with exclusively atopic dermatitis. Groups A and B received specific hyposensitization therapy. Group C was the control group. The clinical evaluation of the dermatological lesions, at the end of our study, didn't show any significant difference among the three groups. Moreover, the onse of respiratory symptoms between the two groups with exclusively atopic dermatitis was similar and not related to the positivity of prick skin tests and/or RAST to seasonal allergens. Our study suggests that specific hyposensitisation therapy with extracts of D.pt., although with no side effects, does not affect the natural history of atopic dermatitis.
KW - atopic dermatitis
KW - dermatophagoides pteronyssinus
KW - oral hyposensitisation therapy
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M3 - Article
C2 - 8030579
AN - SCOPUS:0028294389
SN - 0301-0546
VL - 22
SP - 18
EP - 22
JO - Allergologia et Immunopathologia
JF - Allergologia et Immunopathologia
IS - 1
ER -