Koh, Eunsil Kang, Noeul Lee, Jin-Young Kim, Duk-Kyung Do, Young Soo Lee, Byung-Jae Choi, Dong-Chull
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Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology
BackgroundEosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) is a systemic necrotizing vasculitis mainly affecting small-sized arteries. Involvement of medium-sized vessels is very rare in EGPA. Here we present the case of a patient with EGPA who showed multiple hepatic aneurysms and distal gangrene.Case presentationA known EGPA patient visited t...
Jia, Jocelyn Chan, Edmond S. Avinashi, Vishal Hsu, Elaine Ko, Hin Hin Soller, Lianne
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Longer time to diagnosis for patients with eosinophilic esophagitis can lead to adverse patient outcomes, but the length of diagnostic delay has not been quantified for patients with eosinophilic esophagitis in Canada. Our study defines the time to diagnosis (TTD) for pediatric patients with eosinophilic esophagitis in British Columbia and identifi...
Huang, Fei Ju, Yang-hua Wang, Hong-bo Li, Ya-nan
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BackgroundVitamin D (VitD) can regulate immune responses and maternal VitD-deficiency can affect immune responses in the offspring. This study aimed at investigating the effects of maternal VitD-deficiency during pregnancy on Treg and Breg responses in offspring mice with house dust mite (HDM)-induced allergic airway inflammation.MethodsFemale BALB...
Bosonea, Ana-Maria Sharpe, Heather Wang, Ting Bakal, Jeffrey A. Befus, A. Dean Svenson, Lawrence W. Vliagoftis, Harissios
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BackgroundAsthma is a chronic respiratory disease characterized by reversible bronchoconstriction and airway inflammation. According to Statistics Canada in 2014, 8.1% of Canadians aged 12 and older reported having asthma diagnosed by a health care professional. Therefore, in 2014 there were an estimated 274,661 persons with asthma in Alberta. Most...
Couratier, Pascale Montagne, Romain Acaster, Sarah Gallop, Katy Patel, Ram Vereda, Andrea Pouessel, Guillaume
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BackgroundPeanut allergy (PA) has increased in developed countries and can have a dramatic effect on quality of life but data surrounding this is limited in France. Allergy to Peanuts imPacting Emotions And Life study (APPEAL) investigated the experience and impact of living with PA in France.MethodsRespondents affected by PA directly (children age...
Walter, Graham Kalicinsky, Chrystyna
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BackgroundIt is a putatively understood phenomenon that the overall prevalence of allergic disease has been increasing in recent decades—particularly in industrialized nations. Despite this, there is a relative scarcity of data concerning the development of food-related allergic disease in the adult population. In addition, the paucity of data as i...
Acaster, Sarah Gallop, Katy de Vries, Jane Marciniak, Anne Ryan, Robert Vereda, Andrea Knibb, Rebecca
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BackgroundLimited previous research has assessed the psychosocial burden and productivity impact of caring for a child with peanut allergy and factors associated with burden. The objective of this research was to explore caregiver burden in terms of psychosocial and productivity impact of caring for a child with peanut allergy, the influence of car...
Wee, Jee Hye Min, Chanyang Park, Min Woo Byun, Soo Hwan Lee, Hyo-Jeong Park, Bumjung Choi, Hyo Geun
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BackgroundA few studies have reported the association between asthma and osteoporosis. We aimed to analyze the association of asthma and its subgroups with osteoporosis in the Korean adult population.MethodsWe used the health examinee (HEXA) data from the Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study (KoGES) obtained between 2004 and 2016. We included 162,5...
Liang, Zhuoping Yan, Bing Liu, Chang Tan, Ruyu Wang, Chengshuo Zhang, Luo
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BackgroundEosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (ECRSwNP) exhibits a poorer outcome compared with non-eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (nonECRSwNP), so it is significant to identify effective markers to differentiate ECRSwNP in guiding the treatment strategies of these patients. Although arachidonate 15-lipoxyge...
Vaník, Petr Novosad, Jakub Kirchnerová, Olga Krčmová, Irena Teřl, Milan
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BackgroundOmalizumab is an efficient drug for patients with uncontrolled severe allergic asthma (SAA). However, little is known about the differences in omalizumab treatment outcomes among patients with different types of atopic sensitization. Here, we assessed the effect of sensitization to individual allergens or their combinations on the outcome...
