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Article: Findings from Memorial Hospital provide new insights into allergies.(Report)
- Article from:
- Health & Medicine Week
- Article date:
- May 26, 2008
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"The causes of nasal polyposis remain unclear. Mammaglobins have been implicated in its pathogenesis," investigators in Bangkok, Thailand report (see also
Allergies
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"However, their association with the occurrence of nasal polyps in the presence of allergic rhinitis (AR) has not been explored. The aim of this study was to compare the expression levels of mamaglobins A and B with the nasal polyps of patients with and without AR. Thirty-one patients with bilateral nasal polyposis underwent skin-prick tests to specific aeroallergens. Nasal polyp tissues were obtained from all patients and divided into two groups as nasal polyps with and without AR depending on clinical ...