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Mucosal allergy in the absence of systemic allergy in nasal polyposis and rhinitis: a meta-analysis.
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
; 111(5): 553-6, 1994 Nov.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-7970791
RESUMO
To better determine the role of allergy in rhinitis and nasal polyposis, we assessed the prevalence of nasal mucosal allergy in the absence of systemic allergy. After a thorough literature search we compiled and analyzed data from nine studies (287 patients) that tested for specific immunoglobulin E both intranasally and systemically. When meta-analysis was applied to the different populations, 19% of those who demonstrated specific immunoglobulin E manifested nasal mucosal allergy but no systemic allergy. We suggest that there is an important segment of rhinitis and nasal polyp patients who have nasal mucosal allergy.