Nasal resistance and allergic inflammation depend on allergen type

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 384-389

  Gelardi, Matteo ^a   Maselli Del Giudice, Alessandro ^a   Candreva, Teresa ^a   Fiorella, Maria Luisa ^a   Allen, Michaela ^b   Klersy, Catherine ^b   Marseglia, Gian Luigi ^b   Ciprandi, Giorgio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allergen sensitization; Allergic rhinitis classifications; Nasal airflow resistance; Nasal cytology

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; GRASS POLLEN EXTRACT; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CYPRESS; CYTOLOGY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; EOSINOPHIL; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAST CELL; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; NOSE AIRWAY RESISTANCE; OLIVE TREE; PARIETARIA; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOMANOMETRY; TREE;

ADULT; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NASAL MUCOSA; POLLEN; PYROGLYPHIDAE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL;

EID: 33751223177     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095465     Document Type: Article

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