November 16, 2014

Novel NLRP12 mutations associated with intestinal amyloidosis in a patient diagnosed with common variable immunodeficiency - DG Cases

Heterozygous mutations in the NLRP12 gene have been found in patients with systemic auto-inflammatory diseases. However, the NLRP12-associated periodic fever syndromes show a wide clinical spectrum, including patients without classical diagnostic symptoms.

Maculopapular rash caused when this man had brushed against a poison ivy plant - DG Cases


The left elbow of this patient displayed the familiar maculopapular rash that had been caused when this man had brushed against a poison ivy plant, Toxicodendron radicans.

November 14, 2014

Investigation of drugs responsible for perioperative anaphylactic reactions using cellular allergen stimulation test


Xin Xin, Zou Yi, Xing Lijiao, Yin Jia, Gu Jianqing, Wang Zixi, Huang Yuguang and Zhao Jing

Abstract
Background Anaphylactic reactions during anesthesia and operation are common and life threatening. Follow-up investigation is necessary for avoiding potential re-exposure of the patients to the offending drugs. The purpose of this study was to assess cellular allergen
stimulation test (CAST) as a diagnostic instrument in immunoglobulin E (IgE)- and
non-IgE-mediated anaphylactic reactions.

Food Allergy and Increased Asthma Morbidity in a School-Based Inner-City Asthma Study

PURPOSE OF THE STUDY.

The goal of this study was to investigate the relation between food allergy and asthma morbidity in inner-city students with asthma.

The Economic Impact of Childhood Food Allergy in the United States

PURPOSE OF THE STUDY.

The goal of this study was to determine the economic impact of childhood food allergy in the United States and caregivers’ willingness to pay for food allergy treatment.

Insulin resistance in hypothyroid patients under Levothyroxine therapy: a comparison between those with and without thyroid autoimmunity

Research article

Open Access

Tina Mazaheri1*Faranak Sharifi2 and Koorosh Kamali3
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November 13, 2014

Prof. Akio Niimi: the clinical identification of cough variant asthma

Article Abstract

Authors: Betty Zhang

Abstract

Dr. Akio Niimi is the Professor of Department of Medical Oncology and Immunology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan.

Secondhand tobacco smoke exposure in low-income children and its association with asthma

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Allergy and Asthma Proceedings

Linear IgA Bullous Dermatosis: A Retrospective Study of 23 Patients in Denmark

Authors:

Kristina Lings, Anette Bygum

10th anniversary of allergy, asthma & clinical immunology

Highly Accessed
Editorial

Published: 22 October 2014

First paragraph (this article has no abstract)

The Canadian Society of Allergy & Clinical Immunology, founded in 1945, published its first Journal in 1996, as the Canadian Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology, under the Editorship of Dr Gordon Sussman.

November 12, 2014

Occurrence of Autoimmune Diseases Related to the Vaccine against Yellow Fever

Autoimmune Diseases
Volume 2014 (2014), Article ID 473170, 8 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/473170
Review Article

The discovery of T cell–B cell cooperation





GENERAL COMMENTARY ARTICLE

  • University College London, London, UK
A commentary on
The carrier effect in the secondary response to hapten-protein conjugates. II. cellular cooperation
by Mitchison NA. Eur J Immunol (1971) 1:18–27. doi:10.1002/eji.1830010103

Allergic disorders at a venerable age: a mini-review


Vol. 60, No. 2, 2014
Issue release date: February 2014
Section title: Clinical Section / Mini-Review
Free Access
Gerontology 2014;60:99-107
(DOI:10.1159/000355307)

Lamotrigine-induced toxic epidermal necrolysis confirmed by in vitro granulysin and cytokine assays