Skin testing in predicting response to nasal provocation with alternaria

Laryngoscope

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1389-1393

  Krouse, John H ^a   Shah, Anand G ^a   Kerswill, Kristy ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy; Alternaria; rhinometry; sensitivity; skin testing

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA ANTIGEN; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTRACUTANEOUS TEST; NOSE PROVOCATION TEST; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TEST; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URTICARIA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNARIA; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; HUMANS; INTRADERMAL TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL PROVOCATION TESTS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RHINOMETRY, ACOUSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 3843152869     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200408000-00013     Document Type: Article

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