- allergen-desensitizing treatment
- Allergendesensibilisierungstherapie f, Desensibilisierung[sbehandlung] f
Fachwörterbuch Medizin Englisch-Deutsch. 2013.
Fachwörterbuch Medizin Englisch-Deutsch. 2013.
Enzyme potentiated desensitization — Enzyme potentiated desensitization, or EPD, is a treatment for allergies developed in the 1960s by Dr. Len McEwen in the United Kingdom. EPD uses much lower doses of antigens than conventional treatment, with the addition of an enzyme, beta… … Wikipedia
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