The allergen skin test has become one at the fundamental ingredients of the clinical., allergy
work-up. A" question frequently" encountered is which of the common pharmacological …

A great variety of provocations of the airway mucosa produce extravasation of plasma from
the abundant subepithelial microvessels. A plasma exudate has important actions through …

Both the pattern of mediator release during the late-phase response (LPR) and the reduction
of the LPR with corticosteroid pretreatment have suggested that basophils, not mast cells …

Previous studies have demonstrated symptoms and mediator release occurring as long as
11 h after nasal challenge with antigen in selected allergic subjects. Pretreatment with …

Nasal lavage after antigenic and nonantigenic nasal stimulation has become an important
tool for the study of inflammatory phenomena in the upper airway. Biochemical and cytologic …

Summary A 'nasal pool'(NP) device, a compressible plastic container with an adapted
nozzle, was used to perform a continuous 10‐min nasal provocation and lavage. This novel …

Patients with allergic rhinitis often have immediate symptoms after antigen challenge (the
early-phase response), followed several hours later by a recurrence of symptoms (the late …

The effect of prolonged topical dermal glucocorticosteroid treatment on the immediate and
late-phase allergic skin reaction was studied in a double-blind, randomized, placebo …

The effect of topical dermal anaesthesia on the immediate allergic skin reaction was
evaluated in a double‐blind, randomized, placebo‐controlled study. Twenty‐one patients …

The inhibitory effects of topical glucocorticosteroid treatment on the immediate dermal
allergic reaction were studied in 10 patients in a double, randomized, placebo‐controlled …