title: Long-term clinical course of hypersensitive rhinitis.
abstract: Information on the long-term clinical course of hypersensitive rhinitis was collected among 180 patients who had previously participated in an allergological study. The time period between the initial study and the follow-up questionnaire study was about 18.2 years. Of the patients, 72 were men and 108 women, aged 3.6-69.3 years (mean age 28.5 years) at the time of the initial study. Initially, atopic rhinitis had been verified by allergological investigations in 61.7% while 38.3% of the cases had been designated as intrinsic. During the 18-year period symptoms decreased in severity in 37.2% and ceased completely in 27.2%. Total disappearance of symptoms was more frequent in the intrinsic than in the atopic group.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of O.R.L., University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Simola
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Böss
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Holopainen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Malmberg
mesh_terms: D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012221:Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006255:Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy