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Immunosuppression by the administration of increasing doses of antigen. Though the exact mechanism is not clear, the therapy results in an increase in serum levels of allergen-specific IMMUNOGLOBULIN G, suppression of specific IgE, and an increase in suppressor T-cell activity.
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- Desensitization, Immunologic
- Hyposensitization Therapy
- Therapy, Hyposensitization
- Desensitizations, Immunologic
- Hyposensitization Therapies
- Immunologic Desensitizations
- Allergen Immunotherapy
- Allergy Shots
- Immunotherapy, Allergen
- Venom Immunotherapy
- Allergen Immunotherapies
- Allergy Shot
- Immunotherapy, Venom
- Shot, Allergy
- Venom Immunotherapies
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Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, classification, economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, methods, mortality, nursing, psychology, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends, veterinary.
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80; was DESENSITIZATION 1963-79 (Prov 1963-64)
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- National Library of Medicine. Immunologic Desensitization. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003888. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003888
- Immunologic Desensitization. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desensitization_(medicine)
- Immunologic Desensitization. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3493547