[Chronic urticaria and allergy to Acari. Experience with a specific desensitization therapy]
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
1990
Citazione:
[Chronic urticaria and allergy to Acari. Experience with a specific desensitization therapy] / A. Lodi, L. Di Berardino, G. Chiarelli, R. Betti, P.L. Bencini, A. Agostoni, C. Crosti. - In: GIORNALE ITALIANO DI DERMATOLOGIA E VENEREOLOGIA. - ISSN 0392-0488. - 125:5(1990 May), pp. 187-189.
Abstract:
Eighty-five patients affected by chronic urticaria (45 females and 40 males) were submitted to intradermal tests with house and storage mites in order to evaluate a possible sensitization to these allergens. The same allergological tests were performed in an 80-subject control group. The results showed immediate cutaneous reactivity to one or more mites in 40 patients (47%) while only 6 positivities (7.5%) were found in the control group. 27 patients, out of the 40 allergic to mites, were submitted to specific desensitizing therapy. 6 of them showed a complete recovery, 20 good results and only 1 slight improvement of clinical manifestations. These data allow us to hypothesize that the allergy to mite allergens is an important etiopathogenic factor in several chronic so called "idiopathic" urticarias.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Animals ; Humans ; Desensitization, Immunologic ; Child ; Urticaria ; Hypersensitivity ; Adult ; Mites ; Chronic Disease ; Middle Aged ; Adolescent ; Female ; Male
Elenco autori:
A. Lodi, L. Di Berardino, G. Chiarelli, R. Betti, P.L. Bencini, A. Agostoni, C. Crosti
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