Year: 1998 Vol. 64 Ed. 2 - (1º)
Artigos Originais
Pages: 103 to 106
Pollinosis in Medium Plateau Region - RS.
Author(s): Joćo A. T. Kurtz*.
Keywords: pollinosis, hay fever, skin test, allergic rhinitis, allergic conjunctivitis, bronchial asthma
Abstract:
The present work's objective is to evaluate the presence and incidence of pollinosis in Medium Plateau Region - RS. A prick test was fulfilled in 258 patients and the most number cases of allergic rhinitis and conjunctivitis a grasses pollens with or without brochial asthma, happened in october and november. It was demonstrated with this work that pollinosis is a pathology that is becoming quite frequent in certain regions of souvh Brazil, and the prick test with patient's signs and symptoms is a efficient and practical way of diagnosis of this entity.
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