Determinants of airway responses to cat allergen: Comparison of environmental challenge to quantitative nasal and bronchial allergen challenge
Journal of Allergy and Clinical ImmunologyPublished 1 June 1997Open access
Scott H. Sicherer, Robert A. Wood, P EGGLESTON
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The lower respiratory tract is less responsive to allergic and nonallergic stimuli in persons with allergic rhinitis during environmental allergen challenge (EAC), and correlates closely with their abnormal responsiveness to nonimmunologic stimuli.
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The lower respiratory tract is less responsive to allergic and nonallergic stimuli in persons with allergic rhinitis. In persons with asthma during EAC, the response to nebulized cat allergen is also abnormal and correlates closely with their abnormal responsiveness to nonimmunologic stimuli.
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