abstract：BACKGROUND:Atopy results from the interaction between genetic and environmental factors. The aim of our study was to clarify the association between the FcRIint2 polymorphic variant, the Glu237Gly mutation in exon 7 of FcepsilonRIbeta and (-590 C/T) Il-4 gene promoter polymorphism with atopy in a randomized Polish samp...

journal_title：Allergologia et immunopathologia

authors： Korzycka-Zaborowska B,Hopkin JM,Górski P

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective, multicenter pharmacovigilance study was carried out to evaluate the safety of a new 7-dose treatment schedule of subcutaneous immunotherapy as opposed to the conventional 13 doses normally recommended. The study was carried out in 14 centers and included 261 patients (children and adults) with respirato...

journal_title：Allergologia et immunopathologia

authors： Gamboa P,González G,Jauregui I,Jorró G,Molero I,Eseverri JL,González R,Luna I,Marcos C,Miró J,Pulido Z,Gracia T,Iriarte P,Carreño A,Navarro JA,Rocafort S,García-Robaina JC,Souto I,Casas R,Lleonart R,Nevot S,Asen

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carboplatin (CP) hypersensitivity reactions have been reported in nearly 12 % of patients treated with this drug. The pathophysiologic mechanisms of these reactions have not been entirely elucidated. Various hypotheses are under discussion. CP hypersensitivity reactions could be IgE-mediated, caused by low-molecular p...

journal_title：Allergologia et immunopathologia

authors： Moreno-Ancillo A,Domínguez-Noche C,Gil-Adrados AC,Cosmes PM,Duarte I,Mateos Y

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the clinical case of a 8-years-old boy suffering a fixed drug reaction attributed to the oral intake of loratadine. He is an atopic child with perennial rhinitis and asthma and marked hypersensitivity to the house-dust mite Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus who is receiving inhaled corticosteroids and b2-agoni...

journal_title：Allergologia et immunopathologia

authors： Pionetti CH,Kien MC,Alonso A

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The inhalation of Parietaria judaica pollen is a common cause of allergic respiratory diseases in the Mediterranean area. The objective of this study was to investigate the safety and clinical efficacy of a chemically modified (depigmented and glutaraldehyde-polymerized) vaccine of Parietaria judaica. METHO...

journal_title：Allergologia et immunopathologia

authors： García-Sellés J,Pascual A,Funes E,Pagán JA,López JD,Negro JM,Hernández J

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Egg is the most frequent cause of food allergy in children. The bird-egg syndrome, found in a group of patients sensitized to egg through bird proteins, was infrequent in children. We report a patient with former history of hypersensitivity to egg who developed episodes of angioedema after ingestion of hen m...

journal_title：Allergologia et immunopathologia

authors： Martínez Alonso JC,Domínguez Ortega FJ,Fuentes Gonzalo MJ

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leguminous are a cheap source of protein that are cultivated practically throughout the world. They are the main source of food in developing countries. In the Mediterranean area and Middle East, the most commonly consumed legumes are lentils and chickpea. In the United States, United Kingdom and south-east Asia, the ...

journal_title：Allergologia et immunopathologia

authors： Pereira MJ,Belver MT,Pascual CY,Martín Esteban M

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five patients with atopic dermatitis, three males and two females, aged 2 to 17 years, had positive reactions to air allergens (Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus and/or farinae). All the patients suffered from severe recurrent dermatophytosis that responded poorly to antifungal treatment. The results of immunologic evalu...

journal_title：Allergologia et immunopathologia

authors： Forte WC,Santos de Menezes MC,Cipolli Guerra de Oliveira SM,Bruno S

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carrot is frequently involved in food allergies and oral allergy syndromes, usually in association with other foods. Nevertheless, carrot alone is rarely responsible for severe systemic reactions. We report a case of anaphylactic shock due to the inadvertent ingestion of carrot as a hidden allergen contained in an ice...

journal_title：Allergologia et immunopathologia

authors： Schiappoli M,Senna G,Dama A,Bonadonna P,Crivellaro M,Passalacqua G

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present prospective, open, observational study assessed the effect of the use of standard environmental control measures together with the application of an acaricide-containing aerosol of esbiol/benzyl benzoate/piperonyl butoxide/2-phenylphenol (Frontac) on several clinical and environmental parameters in patient...

journal_title：Allergologia et immunopathologia

authors： Malet A,Cisteró-Bahima A,Amat P,Lluch-Pérez M,Enrique-Miranda E,Alonso R,San Miguel M,Pueyo Mf MG

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Asthma morbidity and mortality have been increasing. Data of asthma and respiratory mortality rates in Brazil are scarse. METHODS:We studied asthma and respiratory disease mortality rates in the state of So Paulo (capital and country side) from 1970 to 1996, as its relation with sales of drugs usually used ...

journal_title：Allergologia et immunopathologia

authors： Salto Júnior JJ,Wandalsen G,Naspitz CK,Solé D

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the first decades of the twentieth century, some authors have believed bacterial respiratory infection to be an important triggering factor in bronchial asthma, drawing attention to an asthmatic response to infection. In this context, already in 1995, we presented a study on nasal secretion cultures and the rela...

journal_title：Allergologia et immunopathologia

authors： Fernández-Benítez M

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The sharon fruit is the edible fruit of the persimmon tree (Diospyros kaki) which belongs to the Ebenaceae family. There are few references of allergic reaction to this fruit. We introduce a case of a 33-years old man with a anaphylactic reaction immediately after ingestion of sharon fruit. METHODS:Skin pri...

journal_title：Allergologia et immunopathologia

authors： Martínez JC,Armentia A,Bartolomé B,Callejo A,Fuentes MJ,Fernández A

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthma morbidity and mortality has increased. One of the possible causes is the excessive use of beta agonists. The aim of this study is to compare the effects of six week treatment with beclomethasone alone (Ibec) or the combination of beclomethasone-salmeterol (Ibe + Isal) on serum potassium (K), CPK-MB and ECG in c...

journal_title：Allergologia et immunopathologia

authors： Del Río-Navarro BE,Sienra-Monge JJ,Alvarez-Amador M,Reyes-Ruiz N,Arévalo-Salas A,Berber A

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Common variable immunodeficiency is a disorder characterised by hypogammaglobulinemia with B-lymphocytes in peripheral blood and repeated infections. We report a child with a diagnosis of diabetes mellitus and celiac disease during lactation, and in whom common variable immunodeficiency was diagnosed at the age of 5. ...

journal_title：Allergologia et immunopathologia

authors： López Cruz MC,Martín Mateos MA,Giner Muñoz MT,Plaza Martín AM,Sierra Martínez JI

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Analgesic intolerance (AI) sometimes appear alone and sometimes with bronchial asthma affecting about 10% of asthmatics and sometimes before and the other times after asthma. OBJECTIVE:We investigated the possible clinical risk factors which might be affecting the transition from isolated AI to analgesic in...

journal_title：Allergologia et immunopathologia

authors： Karakaya G,Demir AU,Kalyoncu AF

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inflammation markers in asthma can help the prognosis, diagnosis and monitoring of the respiratory illness. The adhesion molecules (AM) are membrane glycoproteins that intervene in the contact between the two cells or between the cell and the extracellular matrix. Their aim is to maintain the contact between two c...

journal_title：Allergologia et immunopathologia

authors： Alvaro M

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Asthma is one of the most frequent chronic illnesses in paediatric age children. In the last reviews carried out by the group of experts (EPR II) in 1997, a chapter was included on education for the groups who are involved with looking after patients with asthma, and proposes the inclusion of questions focus...

journal_title：Allergologia et immunopathologia

authors： Alonso Lebrero E

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:sublingual-swallow immunotherapy has been recognized as safe and effective in adults. Different treatment schedules have been proposed and used, but the current experience in children is insufficient. We carried out a study to evaluate the clinical efficacy and the safety in children allergic to grass pollen...

journal_title：Allergologia et immunopathologia

authors： Di Rienzo V,Puccinelli P,Frati F,Parmiani S

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urticaria and angioedema are common diseases in children and adults. Approximately 15-25% of the population will have urticaria or angioedema at least once in their life-time. Urticaria is characterized as the appearance of erythematous, circumscribed, elevated, pruritic, edematous swelling of the upper dermal tissue....

journal_title：Allergologia et immunopathologia

authors： Alonso Lebrero E

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the cases of 2 patients diagnosed as having primula dermatitis. Both patients were housewives who had been exposed to primula plants. Although only one related her clinical manifestations with looking after plants, the symptoms of both remitted when contact with primula was avoided. The diagnosis was carried...

journal_title：Allergologia et immunopathologia

authors： Lleonart Bellfill R,Casas Ramisa R,Nevot Falcó S

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to analyze the prevalence of every RAST (Radio-Allergo-Sorbent-Test) class in terms of total IgE serum level, and to establish the existing relationship between the total IgE level and the probability to obtain a definite specific IgE concentration. The analyzed sample was 352 total IgE value...

journal_title：Allergologia et immunopathologia

authors： San Martín Ciges E,Chesa-Jiménez J,Sanmartín Gil M,Ruiz Hernández G,Moreno Frígols JL

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of allergic diseases depends on genetic and environmental factors. Genetic factors determine individual risk and these persons should undergo early detection. However, the methods currently available (mainly clinical history and IgE in umbilical cord blood) have poor predictive value so their use in the...

journal_title：Allergologia et immunopathologia

authors： Martín Esteban M,Pascual CY,García Ara MC

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Local administration of drugs by means of aerosol device is widely used in the treatment of asthma. Nevertheless, the effectiveness of this method depends on an adequate inhalation technique (IT), which available evidence has shown to be rather problematic. The aim of this study was to assess IT in out-patients with b...

journal_title：Allergologia et immunopathologia

authors： Campos A,Díaz MA,Muñoz MP,Liñana JJ,Martínez M,Lanuza MD

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet-activating factor (PAF), identified as 1-O-alkyl-2-acetyl-sn-glyceryl-3-phosphorylcholine, exhibits potent proinflammatory properties. PAF is produced by numerous cell types, including endothelial cells, neutrophils, monocytes, macrophages, basophils, eosinophils and mastocytes. Since the discovery and identi...

journal_title：Allergologia et immunopathologia

authors： Negro Alvarez JM,Miralles López JC,Ortiz Martínez JL,Abellán Alemán A,Rubio del Barrio R

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Authors studied nasal hypersensitivity (NH) behaviour on 41 subjects suffering from recurrent adenoids disease during their paediatric age. All subjects underwent clinical history, ENT examination, skin-test, RAST and non-specific nasal provocation test with histamine and assessment of the amount of sneezes. The resul...

journal_title：Allergologia et immunopathologia

authors： Filiaci F,Zambetti G,Lovecchio A,Romeo R

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increase in the consumption of tropical nuts in the Northern Hemisphere during the last years, has evolved in a simultaneous enhancement of allergic IgE mediated (Hypersensitivity type 1) reported cases produced by this kind of food. The Brazil nut is the seed of the Bertholletia excelsa tree (Family Lecythidaceae...

journal_title：Allergologia et immunopathologia

authors： Bartolomé B,Méndez JD,Armentia A,Vallverdú A,Palacios R

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has recently been published patients suffering from urticaria or anaphylaxia induced by nematodes usually parasitizing fishs or cephalopode, in whom, Anisakis simplex (AK) sensitization prevalence was detected up to 37%. We tried out a prospective study to evaluate the presence of AK specific-IgE in an asthmatic po...

journal_title：Allergologia et immunopathologia

authors： Estrada Rodríguez JL,Gozalo Reques F

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:House dust mites (HDM) are a major cause of allergic sensitization and airway disease. Technological advances in assays permit the measurement of major mite allergens in house dust samples more accurately. We compared the results of different methods in the assessment of exposure to domestic mites in sensitized patien...

journal_title：Allergologia et immunopathologia

authors： Kalpakhoğlu AF,Misirhigil Z,Gübrüz L,Demirel YS

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An epidemiological study was performed in the students of Hacettepe University from various parts of Turkey to find the prevalence of asthma and allergic diseases and search for geographical differences in Turkey. A questionnaire related with symptoms of asthma and allergic diseases was distributed to 4600 students an...

journal_title：Allergologia et immunopathologia

authors： Kalyoncu AF,Karakoca Y,Demir AU,Alpar R,Shehu V,Cöplü L,Sahin AA,Baris YI

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Impaired delayed type skin sensitivity is supposed to be due to abnormalities in T lymphocyte functions. Lately it has been assumed that T cells play an important part also in the development of late allergic reactions in the skin and in the lungs. Patients with sarcoidosis, lung carcinoma or with uremia were skin tes...

journal_title：Allergologia et immunopathologia

authors： Stalenheim G,Hällgren R,Schmekel B

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the accuracy of the peak expiratory flow (PEF) as an alternative parameter to the forced expiratory volume at first second (FEV1) in the bronchodynamic tests. METHODOLOGY:We studied 84 patients, 53 males and 31 females, with average age 46 +/- 13 years, as clinic suspects of bronchial asthma. PE...

journal_title：Allergologia et immunopathologia

authors： Pino JM,García-Río F,Prados C,Alvarez-Sala R,Díaz S,Villasante C,Villamor J

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In medical literature, there are many cases reported of anaphylaxis due to fruits, before or after allergic reactions to latex. We present two atopic patients, with allergy to latex (by clinical history, positive skin test and RAST). Both patients showed a positive skin test and RAST to fruits (banana, kiwi, avocado a...

journal_title：Allergologia et immunopathologia

authors： Monreal P,Server MT,Torrens I,Soler Escoda JM

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-four patients suffering from rhinoconjunctivitis with or without asthma due to grass pollen, were submitted to sublingual immunotherapy according to a double blind placebo controlled experimental plan; eighteen patients received the active therapy, sixteen the placebo. A rush preseasonal treatment schedule was ...

journal_title：Allergologia et immunopathologia

authors： Feliziani V,Lattuada G,Parmiani S,Dall'Aglio PP

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reports on the usefulness of skin mast cell quantification (mast cells(mm2) as a parameter for the diagnosis of atopic dermatitis (AD) and for determining the efficacy of the therapeutic measures employed. Fifteen children with AD of moderate to extreme severity, and which started within the first two years...

journal_title：Allergologia et immunopathologia

authors： Guerra Júnior G,de Luca IM,Leonardo MB,Vilela MM

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum zinc, copper and iron levels together with content of zinc in hair were investigated in 13 patients with common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) and in 13 controls. A significant decrease in serum zinc (mean = 11.3 mumol/l, SD = 2.9 in CVID patients compared to mean 14.3 mumol/l, SD = 2.4 in controls) and iron l...

journal_title：Allergologia et immunopathologia

authors： Litzman J,Dastych M,Hegar P

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the specificity and efficacy of immunotherapy with Artemisia vulgaris (Artemisia) extract. We studied 25 patients with a more than two year lasting history of seasonal rhinoconjunctivitis and who had only two clinically important allergies, either to Artemisia and Betula verrucosa (Betula) or t...

journal_title：Allergologia et immunopathologia

authors： Olsen OT,Frølund L,Heinig J,Jacobsen L,Svendsen UG

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1975, Miller and Nussenzweig described a new function of the Complement (C'): the Capacity of this substance to solubilize "in vitro" antigen/antibody complexes previously formed. Subsequent studies of these authors and other researches (particularly Takahashi and his group) demonstrated that this process is mediat...

journal_title：Allergologia et immunopathologia

authors： Sánchez-Cuenca JM

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shellfish is one of the most frequent causes of food allergy. We studied 48 patients (25 male and 23 female) with a mean age of 24.2 +/- 1.8 with shellfish hypersensitivity. A clinical questionnaire was carried out and prick tests were performed using a series of aeroallergens and a battery of extracts of squid, shrim...

journal_title：Allergologia et immunopathologia

authors： Castillo R,Carrilo T,Blanco C,Quiralte J,Cuevas M

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A better understanding of the ocular immune responses should help us determine the etiology and pathophysiology of many uveitides. Ocular immune "privilege" is the result of the interaction of factors such as the blood-ocular barrier, the absence of lymphatic vessels, the sequestration of retinal antigens, the presenc...

journal_title：Allergologia et immunopathologia

authors： Rocha G,Deschênes J,Baines MG

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00