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Citation: Clinical and Translational Allergy 2015 5(Suppl 1):O22
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Assessing the relationship between contact sensitization and eczema in adolescents and adults on the example of nickel and neomycin: preliminary results of a meta-analysis of epidemiological data
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Cytotoxic diagnostic assays are effective in drug-induced maculopapular exanthemas
Citation: Clinical and Translational Allergy 2015 5(Suppl 1):O18 -
Systemic reactivation of allergic contact dermatitis: cosmetics may be the principal felons but foods could be accessory to the crime
Citation: Clinical and Translational Allergy 2015 5(Suppl 1):O16 -
Association of mastocytosis with interleukin 31 gene polymorphism
Citation: Clinical and Translational Allergy 2015 5(Suppl 1):P11 -
Optimization of the basophil activation test in the diagnosis and qualification for treatment by means of allergen-specific immunotherapy in children with respiratory allergy to house dust mites
Citation: Clinical and Translational Allergy 2015 5(Suppl 1):P10 -
The Serum Cytokines' Network and Th1/Th2 Profile Balance in patients with Chronic Urticaria
Citation: Clinical and Translational Allergy 2015 5(Suppl 1):O7 -
Drug-specific in vitro release of IFN-gamma in patients with delayed cutaneuos drug hypersensitivity reactions
Citation: Clinical and Translational Allergy 2015 5(Suppl 1):O3 -
Oral contact dermatitis spicy chewing gum
Citation: Clinical and Translational Allergy 2015 5(Suppl 1):P1 -
Recurrent symmetrical drug-related intertriginous and flexural exanthema caused by different iodinated contrast media
Citation: Clinical and Translational Allergy 2015 5(Suppl 1):O1 -
A practical approach to vitamin and mineral supplementation in food allergic children
The management of food allergy in children requires elimination of the offending allergens, which significantly contribute to micronutrient intake. Vitamin and mineral supplementation are commonly suggested as...
Citation: Clinical and Translational Allergy 2015 5:11 -
Hypersensitivity to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs): classification of a Danish patient cohort according to EAACI/ENDA guidelines
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are reported to be the second most common cause of drug hypersensitivity. In 2011, experts from the EAACI/ENDA group and GA2LEN proposed a new classification system ...
Citation: Clinical and Translational Allergy 2015 5:10 -
Evaluation of the applicability of the Immuno-solid-phase allergen chip (ISAC) assay in atopic patients in Singapore
Molecular-based allergy diagnostics are gaining popularity in clinical practice. Our aim was to evaluate their role in the tropics, given the inherent genetic and environmental differences.
Citation: Clinical and Translational Allergy 2015 5:9 -
Food allergy in the Netherlands: differences in clinical severity, causative foods, sensitization and DBPCFC between community and outpatients
It is unknown whether food allergy (FA) in an unselected population is comparable to those from an outpatient clinic population.
Citation: Clinical and Translational Allergy 2015 5:8 -
The development of a standardised diet history tool to support the diagnosis of food allergy
The disparity between reported and diagnosed food allergy makes robust diagnosis imperative. The allergy-focussed history is an important starting point, but published literature on its efficacy is sparse. Usi...
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Reviewer acknowledgement 2014
The editors of Clinical and Translational Allergy would like to thank all of our reviewers who have contributed to the journal in Volume 4 (2014).
Citation: Clinical and Translational Allergy 2015 5:6 -
Clinical similarities among bradykinin-mediated and mast cell-mediated subtypes of non-hereditary angioedema: a retrospective study
Non-hereditary angioedema (non-HAE) is characterized by local swelling due to self-limiting, subcutaneous or submucosal extravasation of fluid, and can be divided into three subtypes. These subtypes are believ...
Citation: Clinical and Translational Allergy 2015 5:5 -
The development and implementation of a training package for dietitians on cow’s milk protein allergy in infants and children based on UK RCPCH competencies for food allergies – a pilot study
Many food allergy guidelines have been published worldwide over recent years. The United Kingdom National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines and The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child H...
Citation: Clinical and Translational Allergy 2015 5:4 -
Influence of the route of exposure and the matrix on the sensitisation potency of a major cows’ milk allergen
Allergic sensitisation to food may occur through non-gastrointestinal routes such as via skin or lung. We recently demonstrated in mice that cutaneous or respiratory pre-exposures to peanut proteins on intact ...
Citation: Clinical and Translational Allergy 2015 5:3 -
The need for patient-focused therapy for children and teenagers with allergic rhinitis: a case-based review of current European practice
Allergic rhinitis is a common problem in childhood and adolescence, with a negative impact on the quality of life of patients and their families. The treatment modalities for allergic rhinitis include allergen...
Citation: Clinical and Translational Allergy 2015 5:2 -
Health economic comparison of SLIT allergen and SCIT allergoid immunotherapy in patients with seasonal grass-allergic rhinoconjunctivitis in Germany
Allergoids are chemically modified allergen extracts administered to reduce allergenicity and to maintain immunogenicity. Oralair® (the 5-grass tablet) is a sublingual native grass allergen tablet for pre- and...
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High-dose intravenous immunoglobulin therapy for eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis
Regulatory T (Treg) cells are implicated in the development and progression of eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA). We previously showed beneficial effects of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) th...
Citation: Clinical and Translational Allergy 2014 4:38 -
Schnitzler’s syndrome: lessons from 281 cases
Schnitzler’s syndrome is an autoinflammatory disorder characterized by the association of a monoclonal IgM (or IgG) gammopathy, a chronic urticarial rash, and signs and symptoms of systemic inflammation, inclu...
Citation: Clinical and Translational Allergy 2014 4:41 -
Standardized food challenges are subject to variability in interpretation of clinical symptoms
Food challenge tests are the gold standard in diagnosing food allergy. Guidelines provide scoring systems to classify symptoms during challenge and typically recommend that challenges are considered positive w...
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Categorization of allergic disorders in the new World Health Organization International Classification of Diseases
Although efforts to improve the classification of hypersensitivity/allergic diseases have been made, they have not been considered a top-level category in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10 ...
Citation: Clinical and Translational Allergy 2014 4:42 -
Patterns of suspected wheat-related allergy: a retrospective single-centre case note review in 156 patients
Allergy to wheat can present clinically in different forms: Sensitization to ingested wheat via the gastrointestinal tract can cause traditional food allergy or in combination with exercise, Wheat-Dependent Ex...
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Food allergy competencies of dietitians in the United Kingdom, Australia and United States of America
A knowledgeable and competent dietitian is an integral part of the food allergy multidisciplinary team, contributing to effective diagnosis and management of food allergic disorders. Little is currently known ...
Citation: Clinical and Translational Allergy 2014 4:37 -
Diagnosis and allergen immunotherapy treatment of polysensitised patients with respiratory allergy in Spain: an Allergists’ Consensus
Polysensitisation is common in patients with respiratory allergy in Spain. Selection of the best allergen immunotherapy (AIT) is difficult in polysensitised patients. The present study was designed to help all...
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Downregulation of IL-8, ECP, and total IgE in the tears of patients with atopic keratoconjunctivitis treated with rebamipide eyedrops
Rebamipide eyedrops are approved in Japan for the treatment of dry eye disease. Some patients with allergic conjunctival diseases also manifest dry eye. Earlier we reported that rebamipide suppressed polyI:C-i...
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Positive serum specific IgE has a short half-life in patients with penicillin allergy and reversal does not always indicate tolerance
The positive and negative predictive values of specific IgE to penicillins are not well established for penicillin hypersensitivity. One reason may be that serum IgE levels to penicillin diminish over time. Th...
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Bronchoalveolar lavage in infants with recurrent lower respiratory symptoms
Few data are available about the inflammatory cytokine profile of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) from young children with frequent wheeze. The first aim was to investigate the BAL cellular and cytokine profiles ...
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Role of the skin microbiome in atopic dermatitis
Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a common inflammatory skin disorder and characterized by abnormalities in both skin barrier structures and alternations of the immune response. Molecular genetics have dramatically ch...
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High incidence and remission of reported food hypersensitivity in Swedish children followed from 8 to 12 years of age – a population based cohort study
Few population-based cohort studies have examined reported food hypersensitivity longitudinally. We investigated prevalence, incidence and remission of perceived food hypersensitivity among schoolchildren from...
Citation: Clinical and Translational Allergy 2014 4:32 -
Dietary elimination of children with food protein induced gastrointestinal allergy – micronutrient adequacy with and without a hypoallergenic formula?
The cornerstone for management of Food protein-induced gastrointestinal allergy (FPGIA) is dietary exclusion; however the micronutrient intake of this population has been poorly studied. We set out to determin...
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Peanut immunotherapy
Peanut allergy is common and can be a cause of severe, life-threatening reactions. It is rarely outgrown like other food allergies, such as egg and milk. Peanut allergy has a significant effect on the quality ...
Citation: Clinical and Translational Allergy 2014 4:30 -
Bioequivalence of two formulations of montelukast sodium 4 mg oral granules in healthy adults
Montelukast is an effective and well-tolerated treatment for the prophylaxis and chronic treatment of asthma, acute prevention of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction and symptomatic relief of seasonal allergi...
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Component resolved diagnosis: when should it be used?
The knowledge on molecular allergy diagnosis is continuously evolving. It is now time for the clinician to integrate this knowledge and use it when needed to improve the accuracy of diagnosis and thus provide ...
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Specific IgE to fish extracts does not predict allergy to specific species within an adult fish allergic population
Fish is an important cause of food allergy. Studies on fish allergy are scarce and in most cases limited to serological evaluation. Our objective was to study patterns of self-reported allergy and tolerance to...
Citation: Clinical and Translational Allergy 2014 4:27 -
Food allergy training event for restaurant staff; a pilot evaluation
A previous cross-sectional survey highlighted that restaurant staff in Brighton had gaps in their knowledge of food allergy, which could lead to the provision of unsafe meals to food-allergic customers. A food...
Citation: Clinical and Translational Allergy 2014 4:26 -
The impact of structural integrity and route of administration on the antibody specificity against three cow’s milk allergens - a study in Brown Norway rats
Characterisation of the specific antibody response, including the epitope binding pattern, is an essential task for understanding the molecular mechanisms of food allergy. Examination of antibody formation in ...
Citation: Clinical and Translational Allergy 2014 4:25 -
Operational definitions of asthma in recent epidemiological studies are inconsistent
The best combination of questions to define asthma in epidemiological asthma studies is not known. We summarized the operational definitions of asthma used in prevalence studies and empirically assess how asth...
Citation: Clinical and Translational Allergy 2014 4:24 -
A prospective study comparing the efficacy and safety of two sublingual birch allergen preparations
SUBLIVAC FIX Birch (SUB-B) is a liquid oral preparation of Betula verrucosa pollen extract for the treatment of allergic rhinitis/rhinoconjuctivitis induced by birch pollen. The major allergen content of SUB-B an...
Citation: Clinical and Translational Allergy 2014 4:23 -
An EAACI “European Survey on Adverse Systemic Reactions in Allergen Immunotherapy (EASSI)”: the methodology
At present, there is no European report on clinically relevant systemic reactions due to the regular use of allergen immunotherapy (AIT), administered either subcutaneously or sublingually (SCIT and SLIT, resp...
Citation: Clinical and Translational Allergy 2014 4:22 -
Monomyeloid precursors in drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome
Citation: Clinical and Translational Allergy 2014 4(Suppl 3):P146 -
Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections serve to enhance the risk of subsequently developing severe allergic diseases by chronically abrogating Treg-mediated suppression
Citation: Clinical and Translational Allergy 2014 4(Suppl 3):P109 -
Non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs-induced fixed drug eruptions: a case series
Citation: Clinical and Translational Allergy 2014 4(Suppl 3):P82 -
Drug hypersensitivity syndrome induced by Beta–lectam and "Cold3" for the same patient
Citation: Clinical and Translational Allergy 2014 4(Suppl 3):P78 -
Using mass spectrometry to monitor drug induced changes in antigen presentation by the human leukocyte antigen
Citation: Clinical and Translational Allergy 2014 4(Suppl 3):P43 -
Characterization of the TCR V repertoire of piperacillin-specific T-cells
Citation: Clinical and Translational Allergy 2014 4(Suppl 3):P39 -
Negative regulation by Programmed Death Ligand-1 during drug-specific priming of T-cells and the influence of Programmed Death-1 on effector T-cell function
Citation: Clinical and Translational Allergy 2014 4(Suppl 3):O2