Sunscreens - Which and what for? [PDF]
It is well established that sun exposure is the main cause for the development of skin cancer. Chronic continuous UV radiation is believed to induce malignant melanoma, whereas intermittent high-dose UV exposure contributes to the occurrence of actinic ...
Ananthaswamy HN +49 more
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Platelet-Activating Factor-Induced Reduction in Contact Hypersensitivity Responses Is Mediated by Mast Cells via Cyclooxygenase-2-Dependent Mechanisms [PDF]
Platelet-activating factor (PAF) stimulates numerous cell types via activation of the G protein-coupled PAF receptor (PAFR). PAFR activation not only induces acute proinflammatory responses, but it also induces delayed systemic immunosuppressive effects ...
FitzGerald, Garret A. +6 more
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Hematochezia in a Child With Heiner Syndrome
Heiner syndrome (HS) is a food hypersensitivity disease that is mostly caused by cow's milk. The main features may include chronic or recurrent respiratory syndromes, pulmonary infiltrates on radiography, and even pulmonary hemosiderosis.
Xiang-Yu Liu +5 more
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Roles of Candida albicans Mig1 and Mig2 in glucose repression, pathogenicity traits, and SNF1 essentiality. [PDF]
Metabolic adaptation is linked to the ability of the opportunistic pathogen Candida albicans to colonize and cause infection in diverse host tissues. One way that C.
Filler, Scott G +7 more
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Multiple food hypersensitivity as a cause of refractory chronic constipation in adults [PDF]
Chronic constipation that is unresponsive to laxative treatment is a severe illness, but children unresponsive to laxatives have been successfully treated with an elimination diet.
AVERNA, Maurizio +8 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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IgE-mediated food allergies in Swiss infants and children
OBJECTIVE: To determine the most frequent food allergens causing immediate hypersensitivity reactions in Swiss children of different age groups and to investigate the clinical manifestation of IgE-mediated food allergies in young patients.
G Ferrari, PA Eng
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INTRODUCTION Suckling by schistosomotic mice improves anti-ovalbumin (OA) antibody production, while delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) remains unaffected.
Fabiana Leticia da Silva +6 more
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Eosinophilic colitis in infants
Objective: To review the literature for clinical data on infants with allergic or eosinophilic colitis. Data source: MEDLINE search of all indexes was performed using the words “colitis or procto-colitis and eosinophilic” or “colitis or proctocolitis and
Adriana Chebar Lozinsky +1 more
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Tear ferning test and pathological effects on ocular surface before and after topical cyclosporine in vernal keratoconjunctivitis patients [PDF]
Background: Vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC) is a rare ocular surface inflammatory disease that affects mainly boys in the first decade of life.
Bianchi, Guia +6 more
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