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A single dose desensitization for summer hay fever

Results of a double blind study — 1988

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A new type of desensitising vaccine, enzyme potentiated was subjected to a double-blind randomised study during the hay fever season. The vaccine is a convenient single injection given in March and the results show good protection throughout the grass pollen season.

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Fell, P., Brostoff, J. A single dose desensitization for summer hay fever. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 38, 77–79 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00314808

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