title: Correlation of nasal smear eosinophilia with class of allergic rhinitis.
abstract: We correlated the grade of nasal smear eosinophilia with severity of allergic rhinitis, in 50 children in a cross sectional study conducted at a tertiary care referral hospital, between August 2007 to July 2009. The grade of nasal smear eosinophilia correlated well with increasing severity of allergic rhinitis (P<0.001)(r=0.83).
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Clinical Allergy and Immunology, Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital, Nungambakkam, Chennai, India. sumanthamperayani@gmail.com
authors.forename: Sumanth
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Amperayani
authors.forename: Nagaraju
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kuravi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000276:immunology; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000276:immunology; D006255:Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology*; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric
chemical_list: D007073:Immunoglobulin E