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<br /> ALLERGY & IMMUNOLOGY<br /> ISSN 2398-9130 Vol 2.1 • August 2017 • europeanmedical-journal.com<br /> INSIDE<br /> Review of<br /> EAACI 2017<br /> Helsinki, Finland<br /> CONTENTS<br /> EDITORIAL BOARD...................................................................................................................................... 4<br /> CONGRESS REVIEW.................................................................................................................................... 12<br /> • Review of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI)<br /> Annual Congress, held in Helsinki, Finland, 17th–21st June 2017<br /> INTERVIEWS WITH EMJ ALLERGY & IMMUNOLOGY EDITORIAL BOARD..................................... 24<br /> SYMPOSIUM REVIEWS<br /> • FUTURE OF THE ALLERGISTS AND ALLERGEN SPECIFIC IMMUNOTHERAPY (FASIT)<br /> MEETS EAACI.................<a title="EMJ Allergy &amp; Immunology 2.1 2017 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381a20a2?page=1"> ALLERGY & IMMUNOLOGY ISSN 2398-9130 </a> <a title="EMJ Allergy &amp; Immunology 2.1 2017 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381a20a2?page=2"> CONTENTS EDITORIAL BOARD.......................</a> <a title="EMJ Allergy &amp; Immunology 2.1 2017 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381a20a2?page=3"> ALLERGY & IMMUNOLOGY • THE USE OF EMERGING TECH</a> <a title="EMJ Allergy &amp; Immunology 2.1 2017 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381a20a2?page=4"> EDITORIAL BOARD EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Prof Dr Jacques</a> <a title="EMJ Allergy &amp; Immunology 2.1 2017 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381a20a2?page=5"> ALLERGY & IMMUNOLOGY AIMS AND SCOPE • The </a> <a title="EMJ Allergy &amp; Immunology 2.1 2017 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381a20a2?page=6"> ALLERGY & IMMUNOLOGY 2.1 AUGUST 2017 Director S</a> <a title="EMJ Allergy &amp; Immunology 2.1 2017 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381a20a2?page=7"> Welcome Hello and welcome to EMJ Allergy & Imm</a> <a title="EMJ Allergy &amp; Immunology 2.1 2017 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381a20a2?page=8"> SUBSCRIBE FREE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL www.youtube</a> <a title="EMJ Allergy &amp; Immunology 2.1 2017 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381a20a2?page=9"> Foreword </a> <a title="EMJ Allergy &amp; Immunology 2.1 2017 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381a20a2?page=10"> European Medical Journal 2.2 2017 </a> <a title="EMJ Allergy &amp; Immunology 2.1 2017 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381a20a2?page=11"> FEATURE ‘Vaginal Rejuvenation’ and the Regulation</a> <a title="EMJ Allergy &amp; Immunology 2.1 2017 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381a20a2?page=12"> 12 ALLERGY & IMMUNOLOGY • August 2017 • Creative </a> <a title="EMJ Allergy &amp; Immunology 2.1 2017 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381a20a2?page=13"> EAACI ANNUAL CONGRESS 2017 MESSUKESKUS CONGRESS </a> <a title="EMJ Allergy &amp; Immunology 2.1 2017 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381a20a2?page=14"> The programme offered attendees the chance to tak</a> <a title="EMJ Allergy &amp; Immunology 2.1 2017 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381a20a2?page=15"> Call to Action: Allergy and Asthma AN ISSUE espec</a> <a title="EMJ Allergy &amp; Immunology 2.1 2017 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381a20a2?page=16"> It was noted at the EAACI congress that the first </a> <a title="EMJ Allergy &amp; Immunology 2.1 2017 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381a20a2?page=17"> He concluded with a positive message te</a> <a title="EMJ Allergy &amp; Immunology 2.1 2017 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381a20a2?page=18"> Pro-Con Debate: Can Drug Provocation be Done With</a> <a title="EMJ Allergy &amp; Immunology 2.1 2017 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381a20a2?page=19"> For the con side of the argument, Dr Brockow bega</a> <a title="EMJ Allergy &amp; Immunology 2.1 2017 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381a20a2?page=20"> “We have highly coded new therapies, which target</a> <a title="EMJ Allergy &amp; Immunology 2.1 2017 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381a20a2?page=21"> He began by reminding the audience of the vast si</a> <a title="EMJ Allergy &amp; Immunology 2.1 2017 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381a20a2?page=22"> Alcohol Hyper-Reactivity in Chronic Airway Inflamm</a> <a title="EMJ Allergy &amp; Immunology 2.1 2017 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381a20a2?page=23"> Nasal Hyper-Responsiveness to Alcohol IN THE NEXT</a> <a title="EMJ Allergy &amp; Immunology 2.1 2017 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381a20a2?page=24"> Amir Hamzah Abdul Latiff Consultant in Clinical </a> <a title="EMJ Allergy &amp; Immunology 2.1 2017 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381a20a2?page=25"> guideline, as great efforts have been made </a> <a title="EMJ Allergy &amp; Immunology 2.1 2017 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381a20a2?page=26"> Q: How important are events such as the annual Eu</a> <a title="EMJ Allergy &amp; 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Immunology 2.1 2017 page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381a20a2?page=47"> Welcome and Introduction Professor Antonella M</a> <a title="EMJ Allergy &amp; Immunology 2.1 2017 page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381a20a2?page=48"> that in non-immunoglobulin (Ig)E-mediated g</a> <a title="EMJ Allergy &amp; Immunology 2.1 2017 page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381a20a2?page=49"> the formula and the quality management in p</a> <a title="EMJ Allergy &amp; Immunology 2.1 2017 page 50" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381a20a2?page=50"> New Guidelines Ensuring Safe Products</a> <a title="EMJ Allergy &amp; Immunology 2.1 2017 page 51" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381a20a2?page=51"> 9. Jackson BP et al. Arsenic concentration and s</a> <a title="EMJ Allergy &amp; Immunology 2.1 2017 page 52" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381a20a2?page=52"> Abstract Reviews RAPID DESENSITISATION FOR</a> <a title="EMJ Allergy &amp; Immunology 2.1 2017 page 53" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381a20a2?page=53"> EACCI 2017 Clin Immunol. 2012;8(1):43-52. </a> <a title="EMJ Allergy &amp; Immunology 2.1 2017 page 54" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381a20a2?page=54"> Abstract Reviews Table 2: Correlation between lat</a> <a title="EMJ Allergy &amp; Immunology 2.1 2017 page 55" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/381a20a2?page=55"> EACCI 2017 (Table 1). 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