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Editorial

» The increasing cases of allergy to Vespa velutina in Europe: which immunotherapy
Maria Beatrice Bilò m.b.bilo@staff.univpm.it^1,2, Stefano Turillazzi³, Gabriele Cortellini⁴, Valerio Pravettoni⁵

Review

» Defining hereditary alpha-tryptasemia as a risk/modifying factor for anaphylaxis: are we there yet?
Maria Leonor Couto¹, Mafalda Silva¹, Maria João Barbosa¹, Francisca Ferreira¹, Ana Sofia Fragoso¹, Tiago Azenha Rama tarama@med.up.pt ^1-4

Original Articles

» Vespa velutina nigrithorax venom allergy: inhibition studies approach for the choice of specific immunotherapy
Valentina Grossi valentina2.grossi@uslcentro.toscana.it¹, Maurizio Severino², Alessandro Massolo^3-5, Maria Infantino¹, Francesco Laureti⁶, Donatella Macchia⁷, Elisa Meucci⁷, Elisabetta Francescato⁸, Barbara Pantera⁸, Antonio Ebbli⁹, Federica Fumagalli¹⁰, Barbara Lari¹, Alessandro Perri¹, Irene Liotti¹, Giovanna Ciotta¹, Giovanni Terenzi¹, Stoyanka Valentinova Valeva¹, Matilde Consolati¹, Teresa Folgore¹, Mariangela Manfredi¹

» Rapid desensitization to acetylsalicylic acid in patients with ischemic heart disease: 10-year experience of a Portuguese Allergy Department
Rita Brás ritasabras@gmail.com¹, Joana Caiado^1,2, Elisa Pedro¹

» Sustained unresponsiveness development in wheat oral immunotherapy: predictive factors and flexible regimen in the maintenance phase
Ali Pourvali¹, Saba Arshi arshi.s@iums.ac.ir², Mohammad Nabavi², Mohammad Hasan Bemanian², Sima Shokri², Sholeh Khajoei³, Farhad Seif ^4,5, Morteza Fallahpour fallahpour.m@iums.ac.ir²

» ConectAR: Collaborative network of patients with asthma and carers actively involved in health research: a protocol for patient and public involvement
Ana Sá-Sousa anasasousa@gmail.com^1,2*, Tânia Rodrigues^2,3*, Silvana Fernandes ⁴, Ana Maria Santos⁵, Isabel Garcia Lema^1,2, Emília Dias da Costa⁶, Cláudia Chaves Loureiro^7,8, José Laerte Boechat^2,9, António Baía Reis ¹⁰, Daniela Figueiredo^2,11, João Almeida Fonseca^1,2,12, Ana Luísa Neves^1,2,13, Cristina Jácome^1,2

Letter to the Editor

» Hypersensitivity to Vespa velutina nigrithorax: an emerging problem in Portugal?
Leonor Esteves Caldeira leonorfsecaldeira@gmail.com ^*, Maria Inês T. Silva^* , Elisa Pedro, Joana Cosme



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