Specific nasal provocation tests in patients hypersensitive to mould allergens

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Modrzyński, Marek ^a   Zawisza, Edward ^b  

^a Euromedica Reg Outpatient A C ^*  (Poland)

^b Warsaw Branch   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acoustic rhinometry; Allergic rhinitis; Plant pollen allergens; sIgE

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM HERBARUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; MOULD; NOSE PROVOCATION TEST; PRICK TEST; RHINOMETRY; SAFETY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; ALTERNARIA; CLADOSPORIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; NASAL PROVOCATION TESTS; POLLEN; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RHINOMETRY, ACOUSTIC; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 12244313895     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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