Article
Association of asthma and total IgE levels with human leucocyte antigen-DR in patients with grass allergy.
The European respiratory journal - 1 Jul 2002
Woszczek G, Kowalski M L, Borowiec M
Abstract excerpt
Exposure to grass pollens during the pollen season, reveals in sensitive patients symptoms of allergic rhinitis, conjunctivitis and/or bronchial asthma. It is not well understood why, in some patients, only symptoms of rhinitis occur while in others similar exposure causes symptoms of asthma and rhinitis. An association study is reported here, where the possible contribution of human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-DR...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Asthma
- Female
- HLA-DR Antigens
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin E
- Linkage Disequilibrium
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Poaceae
- Pollen
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Respiratory Function Tests
- Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal
