Development and implementation of guidelines in allergic rhinitis – an ARIA-GA²LEN paper

J. Bousquet

University Hospital, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, Montpellier, and INSERM, CESP Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health, U1018, Villejuif, France

Edited by: Thomas Bieber

H. J. Schünemann

Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

T. Zuberbier

Allergy Centre Charité, Charité– Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Edited by: Thomas Bieber

C. Bachert

Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Edited by: Thomas Bieber

C. E. Baena-Cagnani

Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina and Faculty of Specialization – Respiratory Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

P. J. Bousquet

University Hospital, Nîmes, France

Edited by: Thomas Bieber

J. Brozek

Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

G. W. Canonica

Allergy & Respiratory Diseases Clinic, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Edited by: Thomas Bieber

T. B. Casale

Creighton University, Omaha, NE, USA

P. Demoly

University Hospital of Montpellier – Inserm U657, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, Montpellier, France

Edited by: Thomas Bieber

R. Gerth van Wijk

Section of Allergology, Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Edited by: Thomas Bieber

K. Ohta

Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

E. D. Bateman

Health Sciences Faculty, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

M. Calderon

Allergy Unit, Imperial College, London, UK

Edited by: Thomas Bieber

A. A. Cruz

Faculdade de Medicina da Bahia, UFBA, and CNPq, Bahia, Brazil

W. K. Dolen

Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, USA

J. Haughney

University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK

R. F. Lockey

Division of Allergy and Immunology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, USA

J. Lötvall

University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Edited by: Thomas Bieber

P. O’Byrne

McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

O. Spranger

EFA (European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients Associations), Brussels, Belgium

Edited by: Thomas Bieber

A. Togias

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD, USA

S. Bonini

Second University of Naples, INMM-CNR, Rome, Italy

Edited by: Thomas Bieber

L. P. Boulet

Institut de cardiologie et de pneumologie de l’Hôpital Laval and Université Laval, Laval, QC, Canada

P. Camargos

Medical School, University Hospital, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais, Brazil

K. H. Carlsen

Department of Paediatrics, Ullevål University Hospital and The Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Edited by: Thomas Bieber

N. H. Chavannes

Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands

Edited by: Thomas Bieber

L. Delgado

Faculdade de Medicina, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Edited by: Thomas Bieber

S. R. Durham

National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK

Edited by: Thomas Bieber

W. J. Fokkens

Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Edited by: Thomas Bieber

J. Fonseca

Allergy, Hospital S. Joao & Instituto, CUF; CINTESIS, Porto University Medical School, Porto, Portugal

Edited by: Thomas Bieber

T. Haahtela

Skin and Allergy Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

Edited by: Thomas Bieber

O. Kalayci

Pediatric Allergy and Asthma Unit, Hacettepe, Ankara, Turkey

M. L. Kowalski

Department of Immunology, Rheumatology and Allergy, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland

Edited by: Thomas Bieber

D. Larenas-Linnemann

Allergy Department, Hospital Médica Sur, Mexico city, Mexico

J. Li

Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical School, Guangzhou, China

Y. Mohammad

Tishreen University School of Medicine, Lattakia, Syria

J. Mullol

Hospital Clínic i Universitari, IDIBAPS, CIBERES. Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Edited by: Thomas Bieber

R. Naclerio

University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

R. E. O’Hehir

Alfred Hospital and Monash University, Melbourne, Vic., Australia

N. Papadopoulos

Allergy Research Center, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Edited by: Thomas Bieber

G. Passalacqua

Allergy & Respiratory Diseases Clinic, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Edited by: Thomas Bieber

K. F. Rabe

Department of Pulmonology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands

Edited by: Thomas Bieber

R. Pawankar

Nippon Medical School, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

D. Ryan

Woodbrook Medical Centre, Loughborough, England And University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK

B. Samolinski

Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

F. E. R. Simons

University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

E. Valovirta

Terveystalo Turku, Turku, Finland

Edited by: Thomas Bieber

A. Yorgancioglu

Celal Bayar University School of Medicine Department of Pulmonology, Manisa, Turkey

O. M. Yusuf

The Allergy & Asthma Institute, Islamabad, Pakistan

I. Agache

Transylvania University, Brasov, Romania

N. Aït-Khaled

The Union, Paris, France

I. Annesi-Maesano

EPAR U707 INSERM and EPAR UMR-S UPMC, Paris, France

B. Beghe

Department of Oncology, Haematology and Respiratory Diseases, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

A. Ben Kheder

Hopital a Mami Ariana, Ariana, Tunisia

M. S. Blaiss

University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA

D. A. Boakye

Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana

J. Bouchard

Université Laval, Laval, QC, and Hôpital de la Malbaie, la Malbaie, QC, Canada

P. G. Burney

National Heart & Lung Institute at Imperial College, London, UK

W. W. Busse

Professor of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA

M. Chan-Yeung

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Y. Chen

National Cooperative Group of Pediatric Research on Asthma, Asthma Clinic and Education Center of the Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Peking, China

A. G. Chuchalin

Pulmonology Research Institute and Russian Respiratory Society, Moscow, Russia

D. J. Costa

Primary Care Department, Montpellier University, Montpellier, France

A. Custovic

University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

R. Dahl

Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark

J. Denburg

AllerGen NCE, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

H. Douagui

Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Béni-Messous, Algiers, Algeria

R. Emuzyte

Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius, Lithuania

L. Grouse

University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA

M. Humbert

Hôpital Antoine-Béclère, Université Paris-Sud, Clamart, France

C. Jackson

Bute Medical School, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK

S. L. Johnston

National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK

M. A. Kaliner

Geo Washington University School of Medicine, Washington DC – Institute for Asthma and Allergy, Chevy Chase, MD, USA

P. K. Keith

McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

Y. Y. Kim

Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea

J. M. Klossek

University of Poitiers, Poitiers, France

P. Kuna

Barlicki University Hospital, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland

L. T. Le

University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hochiminh City, Vietnam

C. Lemiere

Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal and University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada

B. Lipworth

University of Dundee, Dundee, UK

B. Mahboub

University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE

J. L. Malo

Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal and University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada

G. D. Marshall

University of Mississippi, Jackson, MS, USA

S. Mavale-Manuel

Children’s Hospital, Maputo, Mozambique

E. O. Meltzer

Allergy & Asthma Medical Group & Research Center, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA

M. Morais-Almeida

Immunoallergy Department, CUF-Descobertas Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal

C. Motala

School of Child and Adolescent Health, UCT and Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa

C. Naspitz

Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

K. Nekam

Hospital of the Hospitaller Brothers in Buda, Budapest, Hungary

B. Niggemann

German Red Cross Hospital Berlin, Berlin, Germany

E. Nizankowska-Mogilnicka

Jagiellonian University School of Medicine, Krakow, Poland

Edited by: Thomas Bieber

Y. Okamoto

Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

M. P. Orru

Pharmacist, Italy

S. Ouedraogo

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pédiatrique Charles de Gaulle, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, West Africa

S. Palkonen

EFA European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients’ Associations, Brussels, Belgium

T. A. Popov

Clinic of Allergy and Asthma, Medical University Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria

D. Price

University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK

J. Rosado-Pinto

Immunoallergy Department, Hospital da Luz, Lisboa, Portugal

G. K. Scadding

Royal National TNE Hospital, London, UK

T. M. Sooronbaev

National Centre Cardiology and Internal Medicine, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

S. W. Stoloff

University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, NV, USA

E. Toskala

Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland

P. Van Cauwenberge

Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

O. Vandenplas

University Hospital of Mont-Godinne, Catholic University of Louvain, Yvoir, Belgium

C. Van Weel

Department of Primary and Community Care, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands

G. Viegi

CNR Institutes of Biomedicine and Molecular Immunology (IBIM), Palermo, and of Clinical Physiology (IFC), Pisa, Italy

J. C. Virchow

University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

D. Y. Wang

Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore

M. Wickman

Sachs’ Children’s Hospital, Stockholm, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

D. Williams

School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

B. P. Yawn

Olmsted Medical Center, University of Minnesota, Rochester, MN, USA

H. J. Zar

Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

M. Zernotti

Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina

N. Zhong

Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou, China

In collaboration with the WHO Collaborating Center of Asthma and Rhinitis (Montpellier)

University Hospital, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, Montpellier, and INSERM, CESP Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health, U1018, Villejuif, France