Nasal provocation test: How to maximize its clinical use?

Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 225-231

  Tantilipikorn, Pongsakorn ^a   Vichyanond, Pakit ^b   Lacroix, Jean Silvain ^c  

^a Department of Otorhinolaryngology   (United States)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acoustic rhinometry; Allergic rhinitis; Diagnosis; Nasal provocation test; Peak nasal inspiratory flow; Rhinomanometry; Skin prick test

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; NASAL PRURITUS; NOSE AIRWAY RESISTANCE; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NOSE PROVOCATION TEST; PEAK NASAL INSPIRATORY FLOW; REVIEW; RHINORRHEA; SCORING SYSTEM; SNEEZING;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASIA; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; POPULATION GROUPS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL;

EID: 78650809085     PISSN: 0125877X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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