Altered performance in attention tasks in patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis: Seasonal dependency and association with disease characteristics

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1289-1299

  Trikojat, K ^a   Buske Kirschbaum, A ^a   Schmitt, J ^b   Plessow, F ^a,c  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; cognitive control; immunoglobulin E; processing speed; seasonal allergic rhinitis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; AFFECT; ATTENTION; BLOOD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN ALLERGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SLEEP; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFFECT; ATTENTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SLEEP; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925242265     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291714002384     Document Type: Article

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