title: Conjunctival provocation tests in suspected allergic conjunctivitis: a clinical study.
abstract: We examined 57 patients who showed conjunctivitis suspected of allergic pathogenesis with skin radioallergosorbent (RAST) and conjunctival provocation tests (CPT). Our aim was to define statistical correlations between those tests and their exact values for the right diagnosis. Our data show that CPT is more sensitive than skin tests or RAST to ascertain the origin of conjunctivitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary and Allergic Diseases, Conselice Hospital, Lugo, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Giovannini
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Spada
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Broccoli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003233:Conjunctivitis, Allergic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004391:Dust; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011058:Pollen; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011852:Radioallergosorbent Test; D012882:Skin Tests
chemical_list: D004391:Dust