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Peanut allergic patients can have cross-reacting antibodies to sprouts Pathology of Morbilliform Drug Eruptions Reaction to paclitaxel stent Peanut avoidance or peanut ingestion to prevent allergy Allergies to fruits and vegetables Allergy covers for bedding decrease exposure but may not affect asthma symptoms Pet in the home - good or bad? Acupuncture can improve symptoms in patients with allergic rhinitis Nasal saline irrigation improves treatment of allergic rhinitis Local IgE production in the nose may account for symptoms in some patients with seasonal rhinitis and negative skin tests and ImmunoCAPS A new hypoallergenic amino acid-based formula Do corticosteroids plus salmeterol compare to inhaled corticosteroids alone regarding serious asthma-related events? There is often a delay in making a diagnosis of asthma The relationship between short-acting beta-agonist use by nebulization and emergency department visits and hospitalizations Hypersensitivity to cyclooxygenase inhibitory drugs in children: a study of 164 cases Fish allergy in childhood The chitinase story expands, chapter 2: on protease-activated receptor-2 Children with atopic dermatitis are colonized with methicillin-resistant staphylococcus (10/23/08) Immunizations and the risk of atopic disease (10/23/08) Dose response to intranasal steroids (10/23/08) Severe asthma characterized by effective synthesis of lipoxin A4 and diminished numbers of lipoxin A4 receptors (10/16/08) Allergen extract mixtures: compatibility and cross-reactivity (10/06/08) Churg-Strauss Syndrome and chronic eosinophilic pneumonia: distinguishing features (10/06/08) Managing the patient who has had a reaction to a chemotherapeutic agent (10/06/08) Rhinovirus, an important predictor of asthma in children (10/06/08) In vitro glucocorticoid response in asthma is reduced in obese patients (10/06/08) Point mutations in the beta receptor affect bronchodilator response (10/06/08) The relationship between mast cells and smooth muscle phenotype in the airway (09/22/08) Cluster versus conventional immunotherapy (09/22/08) One day immunotherapy protocol for fire ant venom (09/22/08) Frequency of systemic reactions with sublingual immunotherapy (09/22/08) The association between obesity and asthma is unlikely due to the enhancement of inflammatory markers found in obesity (09/15/08) Airway pathology is similar in atopic children who wheeze and nonatopic wheezing children (09/15/08) Salmeterol and fluticasone favorably affect the accelerated decline in lung function seen in COPD (09/15/08) Are HEPA filters effective in reducing inhalant allergen exposure symptoms and bronchial hyperresponsiveness in asthmatics allergic to cat and dog? (09/13/08) Approach to the patient with suspected hypersensitivity reactions to a vaccine (09/13/08) Bronchial Thermoplasty (08/31/08) An Asthma Management Pocket Reference as a Tool for the Management of Patients (08/31/08) Another contribution to the literature on the protective effect of breast-feeding (08/31/08) Further evidence for an increase in prevalence of atopic dermatitis (08/31/08) 300 mg of aspirin daily improves outcomes after aspirin desensitization, but 100 mg of aspirin daily does not (08/31/08) Omalizumab is effective in poorly controlled allergic asthmatics receiving high-dose inhaled corticosteroids and a long-acting bronchodilator (08/31/08) New Recommendations Regarding Prevention of Allergic Disease from the American Academy of Pediatrics (08/31/08) Selective IgA deficiency can progress to common variable immunodeficiency (08/31/08) Failure of lactobacillus GG to prevent atopic disease in infants whose mothers were treated with the lactobacillus (08/31/08) Neonatally administered antibiotics may increase the risk of asthma (08/31/08) Nasal Airway Remodeling May Occur in the Nose as well as the Lung (08/31/08) Small Particle Corticosteroid Inhalers Can Improve Small Airway Performance in Asthma (08/31/08) FeNO Measurements May Not Be Useful in Children (08/31/08) More missing pieces in the puzzle of anti-IL-5 and eosinophilia (08/15/08) TH2 adjuvants (08/15/08) TH2 adjuvants (08/15/08) Epidemiology of food allergy (08/15/08) Review of articles assessing montelukast as monotherapy in children with mild asthma (08/15/08) 3-D CT scans can detect changes of airway wall remodeling in asthma, and these changes correlate with lung function and biopsy findings (08/15/08) Cluster analysis used to phenotype asthmatic populations (08/15/08) Is sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) a "biological modifier"? (08/15/08) Available genetic tests for immunodeficiency disorders (08/15/08) Omalizumab Compared to Suplatast Tosilate for Treatment of Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis (7/9/08) Differences in the Asthma Population Treated by Allergists Versus that Treated by Pulmonologists as Assessed by TENOR (7/9/08) A World Allergy Organization Statement Regarding the Use of Epinephrine for Treatment of Anaphylaxis (7/9/08) Would Vasopressin be Helpful in the Treatment of Anaphylactic Shock? (7/9/08) Can High-dose Inhaled Steroids be Used Rather Than Oral Steroids for an Exacerbation of Asthma? (6/16/08) Which patients with symptoms of rhinosinusitis need antibiotics? (6/16/08) A Challenge to Concept of In Utero Sensitization (6/16/08) Endotoxin and Asthma Inflammation (6/16/08) Unavailability and Under-prescribing of Epinephrine in School Children with Peanut Allergy (6/11/08) Lesser Used Alternative Therapies in Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria (6/11/08) Flow Cytometry in the Evaluation of Primary Immunodeficiency Disorders (6/11/08) Asthma Pathogenesis (6/9/08) Reactions to Wine (5/28/08) Issues Relating to Self-injection of Epinephrine (5/28/08) Interruption of Lymphatics May Cause Submucosal Edema in Asthma (5/28/08) Another Risk Factor Gene for Asthma (5/28/08) Preseasonal Cluster Immunotherapy for Pollen Allergy Undergoes a Renaissance (5/27/08) Protective Role for H. Pylori in Preventing Atopic Disease? (5/21/08) Office Food Allergen Challenges Are Safe (5/21/08) The Relationship Between The Eosinophil and the Late Phase Response and Bronchial Reactivity (5/21/08) Pharmacodynamic Effects of Intramuscular Diphenhydramine, Oral Diphenhydramine, and Oral Fexofenadine as Assessed by Histamine Skin Test Suppression (5/21/08) An Invaluable Resource for Alternative Therapies in the Treatment of Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria (5/21/08) Filaggrin is a Risk Factor for Allergic Rhinitis in Atopic Sensitization (Independent of Atopic Eczema, But Only for Asthma in the Context of Asthma) (5/21/08) Does The Atopic March Occur Equally in Both Genders? (5/21/08) Results of the START Study After Its Full Five Year Course (5/21/08) Persistent Rhinovirus in Biopsies of Lower Airways is Present in Asthmatics More Frequently Than Controls, and Correlates with Disease Severity (5/21/08) Sequence of Immunologic Events and Symptom Relief Resulting from Allergen Immunotherapy (SCIT) to Grass Pollen (5/21/08) Can The Sinus Cavities be The Target Organ for Allergy? (5/21/08) Corticosteroids Do Not Diminish Leukotriene Synthesis In Vitro, and Do Not Decrease Cysteinyl Leukotriene Receptor 1 Expression (5/21/08) Antisense Therapy for Asthma (5/12/08) The Effect of Obesity on Airway Function in Women with Asthma (5/12/08) C1 Inhibitor Concentrate is an Effective Treatment for Angioedema Episodes in Hereditary Angioedema (5/6/08) Maternal Bronchial Hyperreactivity is a Risk Factor for the Development of Nonallergic Asthma in Children (5/6/08) Cost Effectiveness of Omalizumab in the Treatment of Asthma (5/6/08) Factors Correlating with a Positive Aspirin Challenge in Patients with Suspected Aspirin Related Respiratory Tract Disease (5/6/08) Usefulness and Safety in Office Food Challenge (5/6/08) Type III Hereditary Angioedema ("Estrogen-Dependent" Hereditary Angioedema) (5/6/08) Surface Area of Airway Smooth Muscle and Density of the Vascular Network in Children with Severe Asthma (4/28/08) A New Commercial Skin Testing Kit for Penicillin Allergy (4/28/08) Growing Out of Egg Allergy (4/24/08) Pulmonary Inflammation Persists After Cessation of Exposure to Toluene Diisocyanate (4/23/08) Tryptase Can Generate Anaphylatoxins (4/23/08) Mometasone Furoate has an Onset of Action in Regards to Relieving Symptoms Related to Nasal Polyps Within Three Days (4/23/08) Chitin and Asthma (4/23/08) Pulmonary remodeling occurs in children with asthma and is associated with persistent low lung function not responding to corticosteroids (4/08/08) The Role of Nitric Oxide in the Diagnosis and Management of Childhood Asthma (4/07/08) Review of the primary prevention of allergy (4/07/08) Do probiotics have a role in the prevention of allergic disease? (4/07/08) Role of Nitric Oxide in Anaphylactic Shock (4/07/08) Occupations at Risk for Developing Adult Onset Rhinitis (4/07/08) Inhaled Nitric Oxide and Sputum Eosinophilia are Useful Markers in Predicting Exacerbations of Asthma in Chinese Children (4/07/08) The Workup of a Patient Experiencing an Anaphylactic Reaction During a Surgical Procedure (4/1/08) Mepolizumab is an Effective Treatment for the Hypereosinophilic Syndrome (4/1/08) Pulmonary function abnormalities in patients with allergic rhinitis and no asthma (3/24/08) United Airways Concept Applies Not Only to Allergic Asthmatics, but also to Nonallergic Asthmatics and Subjects with COPD (3/24/08) New Onset Food Allergy After Transplantation Appears to be Due to Transplantation of the Liver Itself Rather than Simply the Immunomodulatory Medical Regimen (3/24/08) Is epinephrine still the first line vasopressor for anaphylactic shock? (3/5/08) Intrinsic (atopiform) and extrinsic ("allergic") atopic dermatitis: distinguishing features (3/4/08) Beta blocker administration for asthma? (3/3/08) Can patients with adverse reactions to sulfonamide antibiotics take sulfa-containing diuretics? (2/25/08) Enzymes that reduce oxidative stress can have an effect on the onset of asthma that is ethnicity dependent (2/25/08) Hygiene hypothesis challenged? (2/22/08) Strongyloides stercoralis associated with the administration of corticosteroids in patients with urticaria and angioedema (2/11/08) Use of cyclosporin and tacrolimus in recalcitrant skin disease (2/11/08) Use of sputum eosinophils and exhaled nitric oxide to judge reduction in inhaled corticosteroid dose (2/11/08) What is the best way to manage acute sinusitis? (2/11/08) Can probiotics prevent and/or treat atopic dermatitis (2/11/08) Is there a role for “non-inhaled carbon dioxide” in the treatment of seasonal allergic rhinitis? (2/11/08) What role for the eosinophil in asthma? (2/11/08) Incidence of allergic reactions to food and anaphylaxis in emergency departments (2/11/08) Characteristics of beta2-adrenergic receptors and their function in the alveolus (2/11/08) The issues of egg allergy in children (2/11/08) The Combined Effect of “Allergic Sensitization” and “Induction of Airway Hyperreactivity”: A Better Mouse Model for Asthma (2/11/08) The potential side effects from intravenous immunoglobulin therapy (2/11/08) Review of the genetic abnormalities seen in common variable immunodeficiency (2/8/08) Dosing errors in epinephrine occur when concentration of drug is expressed as a ratio (1/29/08) Clarithromycin for non-eosinophilic refractory asthma (1/29/08) The relationship between maternal distress in early life and the incidence of asthma (1/29/08) Exposure to pesticides seems to contribute to allergic asthma among women who work on farms (1/29/08) The role of the smooth muscle in modulating airway inflammation in asthma (1/29/08) The effect of chirality on the pharmacologic activity of drugs (1/29/08) Multiple drug allergy syndrome (1/29/08) Combination therapy with azelastine and fluticasone nasal spray improves total nasal symptoms scores than either drug alone (1/29/08) Inhaled corticosteroids can suppress cortisol secretion even in "lower doses" (1/29/08) Dietary treatment for eczema (1/29/08) British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology Guidelines for the Management of Rhinosinusitis and Nasal Polyps (1/29/08) Inflammatory nitric oxide production from turbinate tissue in allergic rhinitis patients verus nonatopic controls (1/29/08) Glycerin may not produce local reactions during subcutaneous immunotherapy (1/29/08) Anti-TNF therapy in asthma (1/8/08) Platelet Activating Factor and Its Hydrolase in Anaphylaxis (1/12/08) Differences in Response to Inhalation of Large versus Small Particles of Dust Mite in Asthmatics Sensitized to Dust Mite (1/15/08) Genotype Variation on Response to Inhaled Corticosteroids Plus Long-Acting Beta2-Agonists (1/15/08) Potential Role for Bronchial Thermoplasty in the Treatment of Asthma (1/15/08) Genetic, Environmental Interactions Affect Expression of Asthma (1/15/08) Effects of Age and Gender on Sensitization to Aeroallergens in School Children (1/15/08) Urinary Eosinophil-Derived Neurotoxin Related to Disease Activity in Patients with Atopic Dermatitis (1/15/08) Cough Variant Asthma and Asthma Can Share Features of Atopy (1/15/08) Serum IgE levels are related to the severity of atopic dermatitis (1/15/08) SLIT for Japanese Cedar Pollinosis (1/15/08) Are Antibiotics and Topical Nasal Steroids Helpful in Acute Maxillary Sinusitis? (1/15/08)
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