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ALLERGY & IMMUNOLOGY
ISSN 2398-9130 Vol 2.1 • August 2017 • europeanmedical-journal.com
INSIDE
Review of
EAACI 2017
Helsinki, Finland
CONTENTS
EDITORIAL BOARD...................................................................................................................................... 4
CONGRESS REVIEW.................................................................................................................................... 12
• Review of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI)
Annual Congress, held in Helsinki, Finland, 17th–21st June 2017
INTERVIEWS WITH EMJ ALLERGY & IMMUNOLOGY EDITORIAL BOARD..................................... 24
SYMPOSIUM REVIEWS
• FUTURE OF THE ALLERGISTS AND ALLERGEN SPECIFIC IMMUNOTHERAPY (FASIT)
MEETS EAACI.................
ALLERGY & IMMUNOLOGY ISSN 2398-9130
CONTENTS EDITORIAL BOARD.......................
ALLERGY & IMMUNOLOGY • THE USE OF EMERGING TECH
EDITORIAL BOARD EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Prof Dr Jacques
ALLERGY & IMMUNOLOGY AIMS AND SCOPE • The
ALLERGY & IMMUNOLOGY 2.1 AUGUST 2017 Director S
Welcome Hello and welcome to EMJ Allergy & Imm
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Foreword
European Medical Journal 2.2 2017
FEATURE ‘Vaginal Rejuvenation’ and the Regulation
12 ALLERGY & IMMUNOLOGY • August 2017 • Creative
EAACI ANNUAL CONGRESS 2017 MESSUKESKUS CONGRESS
The programme offered attendees the chance to tak
Call to Action: Allergy and Asthma AN ISSUE espec
It was noted at the EAACI congress that the first
He concluded with a positive message te
Pro-Con Debate: Can Drug Provocation be Done With
For the con side of the argument, Dr Brockow bega
“We have highly coded new therapies, which target
He began by reminding the audience of the vast si
Alcohol Hyper-Reactivity in Chronic Airway Inflamm
Nasal Hyper-Responsiveness to Alcohol IN THE NEXT
Amir Hamzah Abdul Latiff Consultant in Clinical
guideline, as great efforts have been made
Q: How important are events such as the annual Eu
Nicola Jay Consultant Paediatrician Allergy and
Q: What would you say are the biggest challenges
Q: What advice would you give to young medical st
Q: One of your most recent publications is
Q: What, in your opinion, is currently the greate
drugs, one of the main reasons is the increase in
treat these patients, because now
medical help only when allergy symptoms
education and training programmes are needed
FUTURE OF THE ALLERGISTS AND ALLERGEN SPECIFI
include high placebo effects, natural variability
Select the right patient Responders
Other studies suggested additional biomarkers for
A recent publication argued that placebo effects
magnitude of the treatment effects of grass
established in adults and children, developm
more frequently used allergens.39 To en
efficacy measurements in grass allerg
europeanmedical-journal.com EUROPEAN UNION Invest
CONTROVERSIES ON SPECIAL PRODUCTS FOR MANAG
Welcome and Introduction Professor Antonella M
that in non-immunoglobulin (Ig)E-mediated g
the formula and the quality management in p
New Guidelines Ensuring Safe Products
9. Jackson BP et al. Arsenic concentration and s
Abstract Reviews RAPID DESENSITISATION FOR
EACCI 2017 Clin Immunol. 2012;8(1):43-52.
Abstract Reviews Table 2: Correlation between lat
EACCI 2017 (Table 1). Additionally, the Kendall’
Abstract Reviews Citation: EMJ Allergy Immuno
EAACI 2017 5. Fereidouni M et al. Skin prick tes
Abstract Reviews A 100%
EACCI 2017 POLLEN ALLERGY POTENCY FOR THE
Abstract Reviews Table 2: Allergy potency for mai
EACCI 2017 Acknowledgements: This study was
Abstract Reviews reflects the complicated
EAACI 2017 of the yoghurt culture lactobacil
Abstract Reviews usually generalised and not ver
EAACI 2017 Dairy Peanut Egg
Abstract Reviews Q: Is the MSPT economically via
EAACI 2017 corticosteroids) to prevent it fr
Abstract Reviews OBJECTIVES The aim of this stud
EAACI 2017 THUNDERSTORM-RELATED RESPIRATORY ALL
EDUCATION IS KEY! CALL FOR ACTION! *Frans Timmerm
The outcome of these tests is only valid in the d
great because only a limited number of fatalities
Would you like to write for the EMJ blog? Interac
EDITOR’S PICK My Editor’s Pick for t
microbiological biohazards associated wi
healthcare workers and animal farmers. They are a
corn, oat, wheat, milk, coffee, pistachio, almond
dermatitis in workers.45 Cockroach infestations a
REFERENCES 1. Masjedi MR et al. Occupational all
Health. 2008;81(6):727-34. 47. Kang BC, Johnson J
THE USE OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN ALLERGEN IM
Table 1: Examples of reflex tests implemented in c
further evaluated during the so-called ‘alle
MAD, when used in such a patient, may not only in
a positive SPT result with negative specific
results that cannot be easily managed
NEOFORMED COMPOUNDS FROM THE MAILLARD REACT
from cow’s milk. As a consequence, one of the firs
This intermediate product (Advanced) can be
Dietary Advanced Glycation End-Products and Gut H
acute exposure to dietary CML may not influence in
155-60. 3. Sicherer SH. Epidemiology of food
to circulating AGE: role of dietary fat. Br J Nut
ORAL IMMUNOTHERAPY FOR FOOD ALLERGY: WH
any amount and with any period of food abstinence
SAFETY AND ADVERSE REACTIONS DURING FOOD ORAL IMM
The use of anti-IgE (omalizumab) as an adjuvant i
Current protocols vary widely in their dosi
25. Bégin P et al. Safety and feasibility of oral
MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION SYNDROME IN SYSTEMIC JUVEN
Additionally, in the case of an adolescent boy wi
Table 1: Preliminary diagnostic guidelines for ma
for MAS complicating SJIA, after quantitative
suspected cases.28 Intravenous immunoglobulin
Paediatric Rheumatology International Trials Or
What’s New Contact With Farm Animals Protects F
Allergy & Immunology Gene Therapy to ‘Turn Off’
What’s New Phthalates Increase the Risk of Allerg
Allergy & Immunology High Sugar Intake During
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