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  1. Pollen and mold allergies are highly problematic in Islamabad. This study was conducted to investigate the type and concentration of airborne pollens/molds causing allergic diseases in susceptible individuals....

    Authors: Shahid Abbas, Connie H. Katelaris, Anand B. Singh, Syed M. Raza, Mir Ajab Khan, Muhammad Rashid, Maryam Abbas and Muhammad Ismail
    Citation: World Allergy Organization Journal 2012 5:256
    Content type: Original Study Published on:

  2. Hyper-IgE syndrome is a primary immunodeficiency marked by abnormalities in the coordination of cell-cell signaling with the potential to affect TH17 cell, B cell, and neutrophil responses. Clinical manifestation...

    Authors: Efren L Rael, Robert T Marshall and Jonathan J McClain
    Citation: World Allergy Organization Journal 2012 5:28
    Content type: Review article Published on:

  3. To study the diagnostic and treatment modalities used in drug allergy/hypersensitivity among members of the World Allergy Organization (WAO).

    Authors: Bernard Yu-Hor Thong, Rita Mirakian, Mariana Castells, Werner Pichler, Antonino Romano, Patrizia Bonadonna, Deleanu Diana, Marek Kowalski, Anahi Yanez, Ramon Lleonart, Mario Sanchez-Borges and Pascal Demoly
    Citation: World Allergy Organization Journal 2011 4:14
    Content type: Original article Published on:

  4. Asthma is characterized by bronchial hyperreactivity and airway remodeling. Subepithelial fibrosis, a feature of remodeling, is accompanied by activation of fibroblasts to myofibroblasts, with excessive prolif...

    Authors: Eran Pickholtz, Dan Admon, Uzi Izhar, Neville Berkman and Francesca Levi-Schaffer
    Citation: World Allergy Organization Journal 2011 4:13
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  5. Allergy is associated with considerable morbidity.

    Authors: A Fusun Kalpaklioglu, Ilkay Koca Kalkan, Ahmet Akcay, Ismail Reisli, Demet Can, Nevin Uzuner, Hasan Yuksel, Cengiz Kirmaz, Figen Gulen and Dane Ediger
    Citation: World Allergy Organization Journal 2011 4:244
    Content type: Original article Published on:

  6. Pressurized metered dose inhalers are commonly used in patients with asthma. However, the need to coordinate inhalation with inhaler actuation means that they are not suitable for use per se. Valved holding ch...

    Authors: Fanak Fahimi, Farzad Kobarfard, Jamshid Salamzadeh, Atefeh Fakharian, Pegah Abdolahi, Azita Hajhossein Talasaz, Hamid Mahboobi Pour, Shadi Baniasadi and Mohammadreza Masjedi
    Citation: World Allergy Organization Journal 2011 4:243
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  10. History of the World Allergy Organization: In 1951, the leaders in allergy from all over the world came together to form the International Association of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (IAACI). For the ne...

    Authors: SGO Johansson
    Citation: World Allergy Organization Journal 2011 4:12
    Content type: Notes of allergy watchers Published on:

  11. Asthma is a chronic inflammatory lung disease that results in airflow limitation, hyperreactivity, and airway remodeling. There is strong evidence that an imbalance between the reducing and oxidizing systems f...

    Authors: Umit M Sahiner, Esra Birben, Serpil Erzurum, Cansin Sackesen and Omer Kalayci
    Citation: World Allergy Organization Journal 2011 4:247
    Content type: Review article Published on:

  12. Wheezing is a highly frequent symptom in infants and children. Its major causes are respiratory infections and bronchial asthma. In this context, allergen sensitization plays an important role, and it can be d...

    Authors: Patricia Pendino, Claudio Agüero, Paola Cavagnero, Karina Lopez, Iván Kriunis and Jorge Molinas
    Citation: World Allergy Organization Journal 2011 4:246
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  13. History of the World Allergy Organization: In 1951, the leaders in allergy from all over the world came together to form the International Association of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (IAAC...

    Authors: Pakit Vichyanond
    Citation: World Allergy Organization Journal 2011 4:245
    Content type: Notes of allergy watchers Published on:

  14. Grass allergy immunotherapies often consist of a mix of different grass extracts, each containing several proteins of different physiochemical properties; however, the subtle contributions of each protein are ...

    Authors: Alan Bullimore, Nicola Swan, Wemimo Alawode and Murray Skinner
    Citation: World Allergy Organization Journal 2011 4:228
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  15. History of the World Allergy Organization: In 1951, the leaders in allergy from all over the world came together to form the International Association of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (IAAC...

    Authors: Johannes Ring
    Citation: World Allergy Organization Journal 2011 4:3
    Content type: Notes of allergy watchers Published on:

  17. History of the World Allergy Organization: In 1951, the leaders in allergy from all over the world came together to form the International Association of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (IAAC...

    Authors: Allen P. Kaplan
    Citation: World Allergy Organization Journal 2011 4:24
    Content type: Notes of allergy watchers Published on:

  18. Allergic rhinitis (AR) affects up to 36% of the population in the Middle East Gulf States. The second-generation nonsedating antihistamine desloratadine has demonstrated safety and efficacy in the treatment of...

    Authors: Tamer M. H. Adham
    Citation: World Allergy Organization Journal 2011 4:23
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  21. Local climate changes can impact on a number of factors, including air pollution, that have been shown to influence both the development and attacks of allergic respiratory diseases, and they thus represent an...

    Authors: Gennaro D'Amato, Menachem Rottem, Ronald Dahl, Michael S Blaiss, Erminia Ridolo, Lorenzo Cecchi, Nelson Rosario, Cassim Motala, Ignacio Ansotegui and Isabella Annesi-Maesano
    Citation: World Allergy Organization Journal 2011 4:11
    Content type: Review article Published on:

  22. Recombinant allergens are under investigation for replacing allergen extracts in immunotherapy. Site-directed mutagenesis has been suggested as a strategy to develop hypoallergenic molecules that will reduce t...

    Authors: Serge A Versteeg, Ingrid Bulder, Martin Himly, Toni M van Capel, R van den Hourt, Stef J Koppelman, Esther C de Jong, Fatima Ferreira and Ronald van Ree
    Citation: World Allergy Organization Journal 2011 4:10
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  25. One obstacle to developing an effective therapeutic strategy to treat or prevent asthma is that the fundamental causes of asthma are not totally understood. Asthma is thought to be a chronic TH2 immune-mediated i...

    Authors: Jia-wang Wang, Kunyu Li, Gary Hellermann, Richard F. Lockey, Subhra Mohapatra and Shyam Mohapatra
    Citation: World Allergy Organization Journal 2011 4:232
    Content type: Review series Published on:

  29. Several population-based birth cohort studies documented that 30% of children suffer from wheezing during respiratory infections before their third birthday. Infants are prone to wheeze because of anatomic fac...

    Authors: Yehia M. El-Gamal and Shereen S. El-Sayed
    Citation: World Allergy Organization Journal 2011 4:21
    Content type: Review article Published on:

  32. Asthma prevalence in low-to middle-income countries is at least the same or higher than in rich countries, but with increased severity. Lack of control in these settings is due to various factors such as low a...

    Authors: Mario Sánchez-Borges, Arnaldo Capriles-Hulett and Fernan Caballero-Fonseca
    Citation: World Allergy Organization Journal 2011 4:18
    Content type: Invited review Published on:

  33. Allergic rhinitis (AR) is a chronic disease with an increasing trend in most of the Western Countries. It may significantly impair the individual quality of life (QoL) and also represents a social burden for i...

    Authors: Anthi Rogkakou, Elisa Villa, Valentina Garelli and G Walter Canonica
    Citation: World Allergy Organization Journal 2011 4(Suppl 3):254
    Content type: Symposium Report Supplement Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 4 Supplement 3

  34. The term "chronic idiopathic urticaria" denotes a spectrum of conditions with different poorly understood pathogenetic mechanisms in which the release of histamine plays a role. Nonsedating second-generation H1 a...

    Authors: Todor A Popov
    Citation: World Allergy Organization Journal 2011 4(Suppl 3):253
    Content type: Symposium Report Supplement Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 4 Supplement 3

  35. This article reviews the molecular biology of the interaction of histamine with its H1-receptor and describes the concept that H1-antihistamines are not receptor antagonists but are inverse agonists i.e. they pro...

    Authors: Diana S Church and Martin K Church
    Citation: World Allergy Organization Journal 2011 4(Suppl 3):252
    Content type: Symposium Report Supplement Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 4 Supplement 3

  36. Asthma affects nearly 300 million people worldwide. The majority respond to inhaled corticosteroid treatment with or without beta-adrenergic agonists. However, a subset of 5 to 10% with severe asthma do not re...

    Authors: Efren L Rael and Richard F Lockey
    Citation: World Allergy Organization Journal 2011 4:238
    Content type: Reviews Published on:

  38. The allergy cascade presents widespread inflammatory and proinflammatory activation, robust cytokine and chemokine signaling, and heterogeneous immune and endothelial responses that lead ultimately to the mani...

    Authors: G Walter Canonica and Michael Blaiss
    Citation: World Allergy Organization Journal 2011 4:239
    Content type: Reviews Published on:

  39. Continued education in allergology of both general practitioners and specialists can be achieved by various measures including publications, online tools, and lectures. GA2LEN, the Global Allergy and Asthma Europ...

    Authors: Marcus Maurer, Carsten Bindslev-Jensen, Nicole Schoepke and Torsten Zuberbier
    Citation: World Allergy Organization Journal 2011 4:9
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  40. Food frequency questionnaires (FFQs) are essential tools to investigate the relationship between peanut consumption and the development of peanut allergy. The aim was to validate a 50-item FFQ for use in peanu...

    Authors: Aikaterini Sofianou-Katsoulis, David Mesher, Peter Sasieni, George Du Toit, Adam T. Fox and Gideon Lack
    Citation: World Allergy Organization Journal 2011 4:8
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  41. The illustrated World Allergy Organization (WAO) Anaphylaxis Guidelines were created in response to absence of global guidelines for anaphylaxis. Uniquely, before they were developed, lack of worldwide availab...

    Authors: F. Estelle R. Simons, Ledit R. F. Ardusso, M. Beatrice Bilò, Yehia M. El-Gamal, Dennis K. Ledford, Johannes Ring, Mario Sanchez-Borges, Gian Enrico Senna, Aziz Sheikh and Bernard Y. Thong
    Citation: World Allergy Organization Journal 2011 4:7
    Content type: WAO position paper Published on:

  42. Hereditary angioedema (HAE) caused by C1-esterase inhibitor deficiency is an autosomal-dominant disease resulting from a mutation in the C1-inhibitor gene. HAE is characterized by recurrent attacks of intense,...

    Authors: Richard G Gower, Paula J Busse, Emel Aygören-Pürsün, Amin J Barakat, Teresa Caballero, Mark Davis-Lorton, Henriette Farkas, David S Hurewitz, Joshua S Jacobs, Douglas T Johnston, William Lumry and Marcus Maurer
    Citation: World Allergy Organization Journal 2011 4(Suppl 2):251
    Content type: Supplement Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 4 Supplement 2

  43. Chronic respiratory diseases involve a heterogenous group of diseases, including, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, sleep apnea syndrome, pulmonary hypertension, and many occupational disea...

    Authors: F Chermiti Ben Abdallah, S Taktak, A Chtourou, R Mahouachi and Ali Ben Kheder
    Citation: World Allergy Organization Journal 2011 4(Suppl 1):250
    Content type: Symposium Report Supplement Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 4 Supplement 1

  44. Allergic rhinitis is a common disorder and involves the reaction to environmental allergens with resultant nasal and eye symptoms. The pathophysiologic mechanisms of the eye symptoms in allergic conjunctivitis...

    Authors: Fuad M Baroody and Robert M Naclerio
    Citation: World Allergy Organization Journal 2011 4(Suppl 1):249
    Content type: Symposium Report Supplement Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 4 Supplement 1

  45. A randomly sampled, cross-sectional serology test-based survey was conducted in Lebanon to describe the pattern of food allergy among Lebanese population. The prevalence of specific Immunoglobulin E (IgE) to f...

    Authors: Carla Irani, George Maalouly, Mirna Germanos and Hassan Kazma
    Citation: World Allergy Organization Journal 2011 4:248
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  46. Grass pollen grain, an important aeroallergen, can disperse in the environment pollen cytoplasmic granules (PCGs) able to release water-soluble allergens when they are washed out by rainfall. The allergenicity...

    Authors: Oussama R. Abou Chakra, Jean-Pierre Sutra, Pascal Poncet, Ghislaine Lacroix and Hélène Sénéchal
    Citation: World Allergy Organization Journal 2011 4:17
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  47. Authors: Alessandro Fiocchi, Jan Brozek, Holger Schünemann, Sami L Bahna, Andrea von Berg, Kirsten Beyer, Martin Bozzola, Julia Bradsher, Enrico Compalati, Motohiro Ebisawa, Maria Antonieta Guzman, Haiqi Li, Ralf G Heine, Paul Keith, Gideon Lack, Massimo Landi…
    Citation: World Allergy Organization Journal 2010 3:198
    Content type: Review article Published on:

  48. Authors: Martin K Church, Jorge F Máspero, Marcus Maurer, Dermot Ryan, G Walter Canonica and Carlos E Baena-Cagnani
    Citation: World Allergy Organization Journal 2010 3(Suppl 1):221
    Content type: Symposium Report Supplement Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 3 Supplement 1

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