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Rheumatology
2 Mins
31 Jul 2018

Lower Back Pain Due to Enthesopathy of Erector Spine Muscle: A Comparative Ultrasound and MRI Study in Patients with Iliac Crest Pain Syndrome

Regional pain syndromes are thought to be caused by soft tissue pathologies and are a frequent cause of musculoskeletal complaints. One of these…
Rheumatology
2 Mins
31 Jul 2018

The Diagnostic Journey of Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis in the USA

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS), a chronic inflammatory rheumatic disease characterised by inflammation of the sacroiliac joints and the spine, has a…
Allergy & Immunology
1 Mins
17 Jul 2018

Epigenetic Dysregulation of Naïve CD4+ T Cell Activation Genes in Childhood Food Allergy

Food allergy poses a significant clinical and public health burden, affecting 2–10% of infants, and T cell dysfunction has been previously reported in…
Allergy & Immunology
2 Mins
17 Jul 2018

Evaluation of a Treatment Scheme with the Recombinant Grass Pollen Allergy Vaccine BM32: Yielding High Allergen-Specific Immunoglobulin G Responses Associated with Clinical Efficacy

This European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) presentation discussed the clinical development programme of a new B cell epitope-based…
Allergy & Immunology
2 Mins
17 Jul 2018

Microcrystalline Tyrosine: An Appropriate Alternative to Aluminium as Adjuvant in Vaccines and Allergen Immunotherapy

Adjuvants are compounds added to antigens in vaccines to increase the body’s immune response to an antigen.1 Similarly, adjuvants are added to allergens…
Allergy & Immunology
1 Mins
17 Jul 2018

Allergy Prevention by Allergens Depends on Their Ligands

The prevalence of allergy in the Western world is increasing, with 35% of women and 24% of men in Germany affected.1 It is unclear why atopic individuals…
Allergy & Immunology
1 Mins
17 Jul 2018

Response to Omalizumab in Urticaria and Asthma: Is it a ‘Lifetime Together’ Treatment?

Omalizumab is a recombinant human monoclonal antibody that blocks the immunoglobulin (Ig)E receptor and is indicated in cases of severe asthma (SA)…
Allergy & Immunology
1 Mins
17 Jul 2018

Use of Breathomics in the Diagnosis of Paediatric Patients with Persistent Asthma

In paediatric asthma, symptoms tend to appear during the first 6 years of life and may be associated with different disease phenotypes and endotypes, each…