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Do you use skin prick testing wheal size/grade or serum IgE levels when deciding what dose of allergen immunotherapy to start a patient on?

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Allergy & Immunology · Washington University School of Medicine

Generally, regardless of the degree of sensitization, I start my patients' immunotherapy with a 1:1000 dilution and build up to 1:1 over several months. However, I may consider the degree of sensitization when writing the extract prescription. I typically dose in the lower range for allergens with m...

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