title: Diagnosis of IgE-mediated allergy in the upper respiratory tract.
abstract: A statistical analysis was made of data concerning diagnosis of IgE-mediated allergy in the upper respiratory tract in 292 patients. A study was made of: skin test, total and specific IgE (RAST), X-sinus, red blood investigation, and cytology of nasal smear. It appears that screening for the presence of an IgE-mediated allergy in the upper respiratory tract can be performed efficiently with a limited number of skin tests (rye grass, timothy, birch, house dust mite and cat). In this study a greater number of skin tests (15 instead of 5) yielded little additional information (in 2% of the patients). A rather poor correlation between skin test and RAST was found.
authors.affiliation: Free University Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Blok
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Flikweert
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Nauta
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Leezenberg
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Snel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: van der Baan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D004804:Eosinophils; D006801:Humans; D006969:Hypersensitivity, Immediate / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology*; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000276:immunology; D011852:Radioallergosorbent Test; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012882:Skin Tests
chemical_list: D007073:Immunoglobulin E