Nasal provocation and immunotherapy

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 283-287

  Palma Carlos, A G ^a,b   Branco Ferreira, M ^a   Pereira Santos, M C ^a   Pedro, E ^a   Spinola A ^a   Pregal, A ^a   Palma Carlos, M L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Eosinophil cationic protein; Nasal peak flow; Specific immunotherapy; Tryptase

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; STEROID; TRYPTASE;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; DESENSITIZATION; DRUG EFFICACY; EOSINOPHIL; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFLAMMATION; MAST CELL; NOSE MUCOSA; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT SURVEY;

ASTHMA; CATIONS; CHYMASES; EOSINOPHILS; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; NASAL MUCOSA; PROTEINS; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RHINITIS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TRYPTASES;

EID: 0032747830     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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