THE PREVALANCE OE ALLERGIC RHINITIS IN 11-15 YEAR- OLD CHILDREN IN SHIRAZ (IRAN)
The first epidemiologic survey of childhood allergic rhinitis in Iran was carried out from May 1995 until April 1996.. A questionnaire was distributed among 4584, 11-15 year-old children of both sexes, to be completed under supervision of medical students. Nasal smears were collected from the cases...
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
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| author | R. Amini H. Akbari |
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| description | The first epidemiologic survey of childhood allergic rhinitis in Iran was carried out from May 1995 until April 1996.. A questionnaire was distributed among 4584, 11-15 year-old children of both sexes, to be completed under supervision of medical students. Nasal smears were collected from the cases with allergic rhinitis (n = 445, 5.8%.), and from 340 healthy children for comparison. Significant nasal eosinophilia was present in 62% (274) of the chidren with allergic rhinitis. Classic allergic rhinitis was seen in 226 cases. In conclusion, allergic-rhinitis is one of the major health problems in Shiraz school children. Eosinophilia of nasal secretions has a specificity of 96% and sensitivity 62%, and seems to he somewhat valuable as a screening test for nasal allergy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f29b5a1e625948109c8cd20a7c98be3e2022-12-22T03:28:37ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesActa Medica Iranica0044-60251735-96941999-03-01371THE PREVALANCE OE ALLERGIC RHINITIS IN 11-15 YEAR- OLD CHILDREN IN SHIRAZ (IRAN) R. Amini H. Akbari0 The first epidemiologic survey of childhood allergic rhinitis in Iran was carried out from May 1995 until April 1996.. A questionnaire was distributed among 4584, 11-15 year-old children of both sexes, to be completed under supervision of medical students. Nasal smears were collected from the cases with allergic rhinitis (n = 445, 5.8%.), and from 340 healthy children for comparison. Significant nasal eosinophilia was present in 62% (274) of the chidren with allergic rhinitis. Classic allergic rhinitis was seen in 226 cases. In conclusion, allergic-rhinitis is one of the major health problems in Shiraz school children. Eosinophilia of nasal secretions has a specificity of 96% and sensitivity 62%, and seems to he somewhat valuable as a screening test for nasal allergy.https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/1767nasal eosinophilia |
| spellingShingle | R. Amini H. Akbari THE PREVALANCE OE ALLERGIC RHINITIS IN 11-15 YEAR- OLD CHILDREN IN SHIRAZ (IRAN) Acta Medica Iranica nasal eosinophilia |
| title | THE PREVALANCE OE ALLERGIC RHINITIS IN 11-15 YEAR- OLD CHILDREN IN SHIRAZ (IRAN) |
| title_full | THE PREVALANCE OE ALLERGIC RHINITIS IN 11-15 YEAR- OLD CHILDREN IN SHIRAZ (IRAN) |
| title_fullStr | THE PREVALANCE OE ALLERGIC RHINITIS IN 11-15 YEAR- OLD CHILDREN IN SHIRAZ (IRAN) |
| title_full_unstemmed | THE PREVALANCE OE ALLERGIC RHINITIS IN 11-15 YEAR- OLD CHILDREN IN SHIRAZ (IRAN) |
| title_short | THE PREVALANCE OE ALLERGIC RHINITIS IN 11-15 YEAR- OLD CHILDREN IN SHIRAZ (IRAN) |
| title_sort | prevalance oe allergic rhinitis in 11 15 year old children in shiraz iran |
| topic | nasal eosinophilia |
| url | https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/1767 |
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