Saliva contact during infancy and allergy development in school-age children
Background: Parent-child saliva contact during infancy might stimulate the child’s immune system for effective allergy prevention. However, few studies have investigated its relation to allergy development in school-age children.
Yoshimi Kubo, DDS, PhD +8 more
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Pollen grains induce a rapid and biphasic eczematous immune response in atopic eczema patients [PDF]
Introduction: Eczematous reactions to type I allergy-inducing antigens are documented in a subgroup of patients with atopic eczema. Yet, the underlying immunological mechanisms are not well understood.
Behrendt, Heidrun +7 more
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Many strong and extreme sensitizing chemicals, such as para-phenylenediamine (PPD), toluene-2,5-diamine (TDA) and other aromatic amines or cross-reacting substances, are ingredients in hair dye products. The chemistry of hair dyeing and the immunological
Marie-Louise Anna Schuttelaar +1 more
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Metallic allergy requiring removal of iliac stent: report of a case
Background The use of metallic stents, which are predominantly composed of nickel, in the treatment of patients with nickel allergy has not been well studied.
Atsushi Guntani +3 more
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Overweight and obese patients with nickel allergy have a worse metabolic profile compared to weight matched non-allergic individuals [PDF]
A lack of balance between energy intake and expenditure due to overeating or reduced physical activity does not seem to explain entirely the obesity epidemic we are facing, and further factors are therefore being evaluated.
Basciani, S +12 more
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Cross-sensitization between poppy seed and buckwheat in a food-allergic patient with poppy seed anaphylaxis [PDF]
The opium poppy, Papaver somniferum L., is the source of both poppy seeds and opium. The commercially available seeds are widely used as ingredients for various kinds of food.
Oppel, T., Thomas, P., Wollenberg, A.
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Oral symptoms and salivary findings in oral lichen planus, oral lichenoid lesions and stomatitis
Background To examine if patients with oral lichen planus, oral lichenoid lesions and generalised stomatitis and concomitant contact allergy have more frequent and severe xerostomia, lower unstimulated and chewing-stimulated saliva and citric-acid ...
Kristine Roen Larsen +5 more
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Allergic Disorders in Africa and Africans: Is it Primarily a Priority? [PDF]
In Africa, the burden of some diseases has been a problem for centuries. The spectrum of African diseases includes allergies, infections, nutritional deficiencies, and natural disasters.
Adams +80 more
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Patch and Photo-Patch Testing are Important in Patients with Idiopathic Photodermatoses
This number of the Revista da Sociedade Portuguesa de Dermatologia e Venereologia contains two articles dedicated to idiopathic photodermatoses, for which autoimmune reactions to an unknown endogenous chromophore are suspected to be involved ...
An Goossens, Maria Margarida Gonçalo
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Topical Application of Metal Allergens Induces Changes to Lipid Composition of Human Skin
Lipids are an important constituent of skin and are known to be modified in many skin diseases including psoriasis and atopic dermatitis. The direct effects of common metallic contact allergens on the lipid composition of skin has never been investigated,
Sophie Knox +3 more
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