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Original Article
Background. Patients and Public Involvement in every stage of the patient-centered health research cycle is the key to the development of innovative solutions with an impact on patients’ care. Methods. This protocol describes the development of ConectAR, a network to promote the involvement of patients with asthma and their carers in the health research cycle. […]
Background. Immunotherapy may induce sustained unresponsiveness (SU) in which the patient can tolerate the allergen without any severe symptoms after discontinuing immunotherapy. The present study evaluated serum and cutaneous markers for predicting SU in patients with wheat anaphylaxiswho underwent oral immunotherapy. We investigated the effectiveness of aflexible regimen of 5 to 10 g wheat protein (WP) […]
Background. Managing acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) hypersensitivity (HS) in patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD) is a challenge. Data on Rapid Desensitization (RD) to ASA is scarce. We aimed to report the outcomes of our 10-year experience with RD to ASA. Methods. Retrospective, observational, single-center study of patients with ASA HS and suspected IHD who underwent […]
Background. Vespa velutina nigrithorax (VVN), commonly known as Asian wasp because endemic in Asia, represents an alien species in Europe. VVN can induce allergic reactions similar to those caused by other Hymenoptera and death after VVN stings, presumably due to fatal allergic reactions, has been reported. In the treatment of Hymenoptera venom hypersensitivity, specific immunotherapy […]
Review
Hereditary α-tryptasemia (HαT) is a common autosomal dominant genetic trait with variable penetrance associated with increased serum baseline tryptase (SBT) levels. Clinical manifestations may range from an absence of symptoms to overtly severe and recurrent anaphylaxis. Symptoms have been claimed to result from excessive activation of EGF-like module-containing mucin-like hormone receptor-like 2 (EMR2) and protease-activated […]
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Background. Asthma is a major public health problem, with increasing prevalence in most countries, particularly among children. Poor dietary quality is also increasing in children, and evidence of the overall quality of children’s food patterns effects on asthma is scarce. Methods. This cross-sectional analysis (660 children: 49.1% females, aged 7-12years) evaluated the association between diet […]