Measurement of nasal IgE in an epidemiological study: Assessment of its diagnostic value in respiratory allergy

European Annals of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 225-231

  Marcucci, F ^a   Passalacqua, G ^b   Canonica, G W ^b   Frati, F ^a   Salvatori, S ^a   Di Cara, G ^a   Bernini, M ^a   Barbato, A ^c   Mastrandrea, F ^d   Sensi, L G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d Presidio Ospedaliero SSAnnunziata   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allergen specific nasal challenge; Allergy screening test; Nasal IgE; Respiratory allergic disease

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; TRYPTASE;

ANAMNESIS; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; HUMAN; INHALATION; LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES VIRUS; NOSE MUCOSA; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PROVOCATION TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSITIZATION; SYMPTOM;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CATS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; ITALY; MALE; NASAL LAVAGE FLUID; NASAL PROVOCATION TESTS; POLLEN; PREVALENCE; PYROGLYPHIDAE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN TESTS; TRYPTASES;

EID: 3142708593     PISSN: 03979148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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