Ragweed pollen allergy

Blumenthal M, Marcus BD, Awdeh Z, et al HLA-DR2, [HLA-B7, SC31, DR2], and [HLA-B8, SCOl, DR3] distinguish subjects with asthma from those with rhinitis only ragweed pollen allergy. J Immunol 1992 148 411-416. (Ill)... 

Bmce CA, Norman PS, Rosenthal RR, Lichtenstein LM The role of ragweed pollen in autumnal asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1977 59 449 59. 

Nayak A, Casale T, Miller SD, Condemi J, McAlary M, Fowler-Taylor A, Della Cioppa G, Gupta N. Tolerability of retreatment with omalizumab, a recombinant humanized monoclonal anti-IgE antibody, during a second ragweed pollen season in patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis. Allergy Asthma Proc 2003 24(5) 323-9. 

In this dose-ranging study, 536 patients with allergy to ragweed pollen were randomized to receive rhuMAb-E25 or placebo SQ over the 12-week pollen season. Mean daily nasal severity scores in the rhuMAb-E25 300 mg group were superior to placebo over the entire pollen season (0.75 and 0.98 rhuMAb-E25 300mg vs. placebo, respectively p = 0.002) (Fig. 5). Average daily total ocular... 

Plantaginaceae, and Compositae. Ragweed (Ambrosia spp.) is the most important single allergenic plant on the North American continent and affects more of our citizens than does smog. Hay fever and similar allergies from weed pollen cause tremendous... 

Wopfner, N., Gadermaier, G., Egger, M. et al. 2005. The spectrum of allergens in ragweed and mugwort pollen. Int Arch Allergy Immunol 138 337-346. 

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