The facial reflex of allergy.
The facial reflex, originally described by Franz Chvostek, is shown to be of value in allergy by assessing the relative irritability of muscle tissue (cardic, smooth, skeletal) and the effect of certain drugs frequently used by allergists upon them.
D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D005152:Facial Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009128:Muscle Spasticity; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; D012018:Reflex / Q000502:physiology*
D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D002118:Calcium