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===Unproven or Ineffective Treatments===
===Unproven or Ineffective Treatments===
*[[enzyme potentiated desensitization]]<ref name="pmid15042943">{{cite journal |author=Terr AI |title=Unproven and controversial forms of immunotherapy |journal=Clinical allergy and immunology |volume=18 |issue= |pages=703–10 |year=2004 |pmid=15042943 |doi=}}</ref>  
*[[Enzyme potentiated desensitization]]<ref name="pmid15042943">{{cite journal |author=Terr AI |title=Unproven and controversial forms of immunotherapy |journal=Clinical allergy and immunology |volume=18 |issue= |pages=703–10 |year=2004 |pmid=15042943 |doi=}}</ref>  
*Complementary medicine : [[naturopathy]], [[herbal medicine]], [[homeopathy]], [[traditional Chinese medicine]] and [[kinesiology]]<ref name="pmid17285788">{{cite journal |author=Altunç U, Pittler MH, Ernst E |title=Homeopathy for childhood and adolescence ailments: systematic review of randomized clinical trials |journal=Mayo Clin. Proc. |volume=82 |issue=1 |pages=69–75 |year=2007 |pmid=17285788 |doi=}}</ref>
*Complementary medicine : [[naturopathy]], [[herbal medicine]], [[homeopathy]], [[traditional Chinese medicine]] and [[kinesiology]]<ref name="pmid17285788">{{cite journal |author=Altunç U, Pittler MH, Ernst E |title=Homeopathy for childhood and adolescence ailments: systematic review of randomized clinical trials |journal=Mayo Clin. Proc. |volume=82 |issue=1 |pages=69–75 |year=2007 |pmid=17285788 |doi=}}</ref>



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  1. Sicherer SH, Leung DY (2007). "Advances in allergic skin disease, anaphylaxis, and hypersensitivity reactions to foods, drugs, and insects". J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 119 (6): 1462–9. doi:10.1016/j.jaci.2007.02.013. PMID 17412401.
  2. Ross RN, Nelson HS, Finegold I (2000). "Effectiveness of specific immunotherapy in the treatment of allergic rhinitis: an analysis of randomized, prospective, single- or double-blind, placebo-controlled studies". Clinical therapeutics. 22 (3): 342–50. doi:10.1016/S0149-2918(00)80038-7. PMID 10963288.
  3. Terr AI (2004). "Unproven and controversial forms of immunotherapy". Clinical allergy and immunology. 18: 703–10. PMID 15042943.
  4. Altunç U, Pittler MH, Ernst E (2007). "Homeopathy for childhood and adolescence ailments: systematic review of randomized clinical trials". Mayo Clin. Proc. 82 (1): 69–75. PMID 17285788.

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