Clinical and Molecular Allergy

Featured review: Allergic diseases in the elderly

Life expectancy and the number of elderly people are progressively increasing around the world. Together with other pathologies, allergic diseases also show an increasing incidence in geriatric age.

This review provides the state of the art on the physiological changes in the elderly responsible for allergic diseases, their biological characteristics and the major immunological and extra immunological mechanisms.

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Aims and scope

Clinical and Molecular Allergy is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that covers all aspects of allergy research with a special focus on molecular allergy and clinical applications of molecular techniques. Clinical and Molecular Allergy is the official journal of the Italian Society of Allergology, Asthma and Clinical Immunology.

This international journal appeals to allergists & immunologists, pulmonologists, otolaryngologists, geneticists and other physicians, healthcare workers, medical students and the public worldwide.

The journal accepts research articles, reviews, commentaries, case reports and correspondence and has six different sections.

Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief
Enrico Maggi, University of Firenze, Italy

Deputy Editor
Cristoforo Incorvaia, ICP Hospital Milano, Italy

Section Editors
Allergen Immunotherapy
Gianenrico Senna, University-Hospital of Verona, Italy
Giovanni Passalacqua, University of Genoa, Italy

Biologicals
Carlo Agostini, University of Padova, Italy
Alessandra Vultaggio, Careggi University Hospital, Italy

Clinical Immunology
Sebastiano Gangemi, Messina University Hospital, Italy
Massimo Triggiani, University of Salerno, Italy

Food, Drug, Insect Allergy
Elide Pastorello, University of Milano, Italy
Eleonora Salvi, Guglielmo da Saliceto Hospital, Italy

Respiratory Allergy
Marcello Cottini, Papa Giovanni XXIII New Hospital of Bergamo, Italy
Carlo Lombardi, Poliambulanza Hospital, Brescia, Italy

Translational Allergy
Enrico Heffler, University of Catania, Italy
Eustachio Nettis, University of Bari, Italy

About the SIAAIC

The Italian Society of Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology (SIAAIC) is a scientific society strongly represented on the national territory with more than 650 active members working in university structures, hospital departments and territorial outpatients' clinics.

The main aim of SIAAIC is to improve allergy and clinical immunology as a discipline, through integrated actions of specialistic and post-specialistic education, promotion of knowledge in allergy and clinical immunology, and support of patients' organizations. These aspects are accomplished by giving the opportunity to its members (a third of which are Junior Members, under 35 years of age) to attend several educational events, participate in clinical/epidemiological research and patients-targeted informative events.

Moreover, many active SIAAIC members are worldwide well-known scientists and contribute to increase the knowledge in allergy and clinical immunology into the international scientific community.