Is "Maintenance" a Misnomer? A Narrative Framework Setting the Right Expectations of Allergen Immunotherapy

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Australia; Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia. Electronic address: Kymble.spriggs@unimelb.edu.au.
• ² Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital, Philipps-Universität, Marburg, Germany.
• ³ Division of Allergy, Department of Pediatrics, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
• ⁴ Allergy and Immunology, National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London, United Kingdom; Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom.