Timing and duration of omalizumab response in patients with chronic idiopathic/spontaneous urticaria

Allen Kaplan, MD

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 Marta Ferrer, MD, PhD

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 Jonathan A. Bernstein, MD

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 Evgeniya Antonova, MS, PhD

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Benjamin Trzaskoma, MS

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 Karina Raimundo, MS

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 Karin Rosén, MD, PhD

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 Theodore A. Omachi, MD, MBA

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Sam Khalil, PhD

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 James L. Zazzali, PhD, MPH

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2015.08.023

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Few data are available that describe response patterns in patients with chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU)/chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) treated with omalizumab.

Fast food consumption in pregnancy and subsequent asthma symptoms in young children

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Volume 26, Issue 6, pages 571–577, September 2015

1. O. S. von Ehrenstein^1,*, 
2. H. Aralis², 
3. M. E. S. Flores^3,4 and
4. B. Ritz³

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• asthma;
• children;
• epidemiology;
• fast food;
• maternal diet;
• pregnancy

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Background

Recent cross-sectional studies suggested children's current fast food consumption to be related to frequency of asthma and allergies. Maternal prenatal diet has been suspected to contribute to children's asthma and atopic disease risks.

Fish and polyunsaturated fat intake and development of allergic and nonallergic rhinitis

Jessica Magnusson, MSc

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 Inger Kull, PhD

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 Marit Westman, MD

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 Niclas Håkansson, PhD

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 Alicja Wolk, Dr Med Sci

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 Erik Melén, MD, PhD

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 Magnus Wickman, MD, PhD

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 Anna Bergström, PhD

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2015.05.030Share on mendeley
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Rhinitis is one of the most common diseases in childhood. Fish, polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA), and vitamin D intakes have been hypothesized to affect the risk of allergic disease; however, it is unclear whether these are linked to the development of rhinitis.

The use of Health Economics and Outcomes Research in Healthcare

Guidelines for the use and interpretation of diagnostic methods in adult food allergy

Review

Donatella Macchia¹, Giovanni Melioli², Valerio Pravettoni³, Eleonora Nucera⁴, Marta Piantanida³, Marco Caminati^5*,Corrado Campochiaro⁶, Mona-Rita Yacoub⁶, Domenico Schiavino⁴, Roberto Paganelli⁷, Mario Di Gioacchino⁸ and On behalf of the Food Allergy Study Group (ATI) of the Italian Society of Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology (SIAAIC)

• *Corresponding author: Marco Caminati ma.caminati@gmail.com

Clinical and Molecular Allergy 2015, 13:27  doi:10.1186/s12948-015-0033-9

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Food allergy has an increasing prevalence in the general population and in Italy concerns 8 % of people with allergies. The spectrum of its clinical manifestations ranges from mild symptoms up to potentially fatal anaphylactic shock. A number of patients can be diagnosed easily by the use of first- and second-level procedures (history, skin tests and allergen specific IgE).

Titanium exposure and yellow nail syndrome

Ali Ataya

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 Kristopher Kline

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 Jessica Cope

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 Hassan Alnuaimat

Publication stage: In Press Accepted Manuscript

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2015.10.002

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Yellow nail syndrome is a rare disease of unclear etiology. We describe a patient who develops yellow nail syndrome, with primary nail and sinus manifestations, shortly after amalgam dental implants. A study of the patient's nail shedding showed elevated nail titanium levels. The patient had her dental implants removed and had complete resolution of her sinus symptoms with no change in her nail findings. Since the patient’s nail findings did not resolve we do not believe titanium exposure is a cause of her yellow nail syndrome but perhaps a possible relationship exists between titanium exposure and yellow nail syndrome that requires further studies.

The evaluation of the dust-related occupational respiratory disorders of dental laboratory technicians working in Denizli Province

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Year : 2015  |  Volume : 10  |  Issue : 4  |  Page : 249-255

Belkis Yurdasal1, Nurgül Bozkurt2, Ali İhsan Bozkurt3, Özlem Yilmaz1 1 Oral Health Division Director, Denizli Health Directorate, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey 2 Department of Pulmonology, Denizli State Hospital, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey 3 Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey DOI: 10.4103/1817-1737.167073

Abstract   INTRODUCTION: Dental laboratory technicians (DLTs) get exposed to fibrinogen dusts that are very risky dusts in terms of health. In this study, respiration complaints, pneumoconiosis frequencies and working conditions of the dental technicians in Denizli were investigated.

Epinephrine auto-injector prescriptions to food-allergic patients in primary care in The Netherlands

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Jacquelien Saleh-Langenberg^12*, A. E. J. Dubois¹², F. Groenhof³, J. W. H. Kocks²³, T. van der Molen²³ and B. M. J. Flokstra-de Blok²³

Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology 2015, 11:28  doi:10.1186/s13223-015-0094-9

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Background

The knowledge of general practitioner(s) (GPs) regarding food allergy and anaphylaxis and practices in the prescription of epinephrine auto-injector(s) (EAIs) among GPs has previously only been studied using questionnaires and hypothetical cases. Therefore, there are currently no data as to whether or not GPs prescribe EAIs to high risk food-allergic patients presenting to primary care practices. The aim of this study was therefore to describe and evaluate practice in EAI prescription by GPs to food-allergic patients in The Netherlands.