Clinical course of rhinitis and changes in vivo and in vitro of allergic parameters in elderly patients: A long-term follow-up study

Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 67-73

  Di Lorenzo, Gabriele ^a   Leto Barone, Maria Stefania ^a   La Piana, Simona ^a   Ditta, Vito ^b   Di Fede, Gaetana ^a   Rini, Giovam Battista ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b Centro Trasfusionale ASP Palermo San Raffaele   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Allergic rhinitis; Eosinophil in nasal fluid; Serum total IgE; Serum specific IgE; Symptom score

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERVIEW; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE MUCUS; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINITIS;

EID: 84873737667     PISSN: 15918890     EISSN: 15919528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10238-012-0175-8     Document Type: Article

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