How representative are clinical study patients with allergic rhinitis in primary care?

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Costa, David J ^a   Amouyal, Michel ^a   Lambert, Philippe ^a   Ryan, Dermot ^b,c   Schünemann, Holger J ^d   Daures, Jean Pierre ^e   Bousquet, Jean ^f,g   Bousquet, Philippe J ^f  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b Woodbrook Medical Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY   (France)

^f HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^g CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma; general practitioner; Global Allergy and Asthma European Network; guidelines; randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN TEST;

EID: 79953654469     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2010.10.058     Document Type: Article

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