Analgesics, allergy and asthma.

Relationship Between Mast Cells and Allergy and Asthma

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The Study of Cockroach Allergy in Iranian Children with Asthma

Background: Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood. Exposure to allergens plays an important role in asthma. Recently, cockroach has attracted attentions as an important allergen. Objective: To evaluate cockroach allergy in Iranian children with asthma. Methods: 100 children with asthma were studied. After determination of asthma severity, serum total IgE and blood eosinophils w...

Infections in asthma and allergy.

The role of infection in asthma is presently a paradox. While respiratory syncytial virus, among others, has long been believed to instigate immunological changes which lead to asthma, and rhinovirus might be an important contributory factor in the exacerbation of asthma symptoms in children and adults, there is increasing speculation that infections in early life have a protective role in the ...

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Asthma, allergy, and psychiatric disease

T rue to the diverse issues that comprise and challenge the field of allergy and immunology, this issue of the Proceedings features a spectrum of articles that, although seemingly disparate and unrelated, fo-cuses on seven major areas of research that coalesce into a cohesive framework that we hope will be of clinical utility for the readership. These are summarized below in the following order...