Allergy & Immunology

Asthma exacerbations (AE) are defined as acute or subacute worsening of symptoms from the patient’s usual status and are responsible for most of the morbidity in patients with asthma.

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a multifactorial, chronic, relapsing inflammatory skin disease. Characteristics are an impaired skin barrier and an altered skin immune system, which often come along with predominant colonisation by Staphylococcus aureus.

Allergic rhinitis (AR) and allergic rhinoconjunctivitis (ARC) are common chronic disorders in children. They have a strong impact on the quality of life…

Platanus pollen is an important cause of allergy in many cities of western Europe, where this pollen is produced by the plane tree, Platanus orientalis L. var. acerifolia Dyand (Aiton)…