Relationship between nasal hyperreactivity, mediators and eosinophils in patients with perennial allergic rhinitis and controls

1996 ◽  
Vol 26 (8) ◽  
pp. 903-908 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. DE GRAAF-INT VELD ◽  
I. M. GARRELDS ◽  
S. KOENDERS ◽  
R. GERTH VAN WIJK
1996 ◽  
Vol 105 (11) ◽  
pp. 901-904 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guido Altissimi ◽  
Marco Rossetti ◽  
Luigi Gallucci ◽  
Costantino Simoncelli

Positional rhinomanometry is a physiologic method for estimating nasal resistance, which is variable, difficult to predict, and linked to vasomotor activity of the functional system culminating in the turbinate valves. Thirty subjects suffering from allergic rhinitis, 25 patients affected by aspecific rhinitis, and 40 healthy controls underwent positional rhinomanometry. Test positions included the seated (baseline), supine, and recumbent (homolateral and contralateral to the nasal fossa under examination). In patients with perennial allergic rhinitis and in those with aspecific rhinitis, positional rhinomanometry elicited two pathologic responses: either an average percentage rise of more than 80% in nasal resistance in the supine and homolateral and contralateral recumbent positions compared with basal values, or a paradoxical fall in the supine and homolateral recumbent positions.


1998 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-36
Author(s):  
R. Gerth Van Wijk

This article focuses on the nose as an accessible organ for research purposes, exploring whether the nose can be used to study lower airway processes.


2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 100-103
Author(s):  
T.G. Malanicheva ◽  
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N.V. Ziatdinova ◽  
L.F. Akhmadieva ◽  
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