Parental attitudes toward new dosage forms of desloratadine in an online survey: results from four European countriesErkka Valovirta
Turku Allergy Center, Turku, Finland
Curr Med Res Opin 25:2061-7. 2009
..These excipients, however, are associated with dental caries, gastrointestinal intolerance, and dermatologic reactions...
Intermittent or daily montelukast versus placebo for episodic asthma in childrenErkka Valovirta
Allergy Clinic, Suomen Terveystalo AllergyClinic, Turku, Finland
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 106:518-26. 2011
..No standard, optimal treatment exists for severe intermittent (ie, episodic) asthma in children. However, evidence suggests that both daily and episode-driven montelukast are effective for this phenotype...
Effect of AIT in children including potential to prevent the development of asthmaE Valovirta
Suomen Terveystalo Allergy Turku Allergy Centre, Turku, Finland
Allergy 66:53-4. 2011
..In a few years, the results will show if grass AIT with Grazax® can prevent the development of asthma in children suffering from allergic rhinoconjunctivitis...
Design and recruitment for the GAP trial, investigating the preventive effect on asthma development of an SQ-standardized grass allergy immunotherapy tablet in children with grass pollen-induced allergic rhinoconjunctivitisErkka Valovirta
Suomen Terveystalo Allergy Clinic, Turku, Finland
Clin Ther 33:1537-46. 2011
..No regulatory guidance exists in this area, and, to our knowledge, no clinical investigations meeting modern regulatory standards have been published...
Clinical outcome and IL-17, IL-23, IL-27 and FOXP3 expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of pollen-allergic children during sublingual immunotherapyKaisa Nieminen
Department of Pulmonary Diseases and Clinical Allergology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Pediatr Allergy Immunol 21:e174-84. 2010
..Increased allergen-induced IL-17 responses during SLIT are associated with elevated SMS. Increased tolerogenic, allergen-specific Treg responses are also observed in children during SLIT...
Non-injection routes for immunotherapy of allergic diseasesErkka Valovirta
Turku Allergy Center, Turku, Finland
Clin Allergy Immunol 18:607-23. 2004
The voice of the patients: allergic rhinitis is not a trivial diseaseErkka Valovirta
Turku Allergy Center, Turku, Finland
Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 8:1-9. 2008
..Background information on allergic rhinitis, severity of allergic rhinitis symptoms and their impact on lives, nonmedical measures for relieving of symptoms, types of medications, and concomitant conditions were evaluated...