The Allergic Rhinitis Clinical Investigator Collaborative – nasal allergen induced eosinophilia
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Background The Allergic Rhinitis Clinical Investigator Collaborative (AR-CIC) is a Canadian multi-center initiative with the primary goal of performing standardized nasal allergen challenge (NAC) to study the anti-allergic effects of novel therapeutic agents for allergic rhinitis (AR). The model further allows identification of potential mechanisms of allergic disease and biomarkers. In this study we examined differential counts, more specifically eosinophil numbers, in nasal lavage samples before, 1 hour (1H) and 6 hours (6H) after direct nasal allergen challenge.
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دوره 10 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014