| Autor: |
B, Testa, C, Mesolella, F, Testa, L V, Gallo, D, Testa |
| Rok vydání: |
1996 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Rhinology. 34(3) |
| ISSN: |
0300-0729 |
| Popis: |
The Skin Prick Test (SPT) is the principal tool in allergic diagnosis, but in allergic rhinitisan immunological disease which affects 12% of the total population-the Nasal Provocation Test (NPT) allows more reliable results to be obtained. In our study a positive response to NPT has been found in four subjects with a history of symptoms suggesting allergic rhinitis, who had a negative SPT. Subjects with a positive SPT for two or more inhalant antigens have a significantly reduced number of antigen responses to NPT. Moreover, in two cases, the antigen than induced a positive response to NPT was different from the antigen that induced positive SPT. So. NPT is a reliable way of diagnosing allergic rhinitis. A more specific and reliable ascertainment of the antigen responsible for allergic reaction avoids unnecessary and ineffective immunotherapeutical attempts based on false assumptions. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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