Biomedical subjects

A Nume

Publications and source records attributed to A Nume.

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PubMed1992

Objective prick test evaluation: non-invasive techniques.

Prick test reactions are evaluated and quantified, comparing visual assessment with two non-invasive techniques: remittance spectroscopy and pulsed ultrasound for erythema and skin thickness measurements. Different information is provided by the two methods. Remittance spectroscopy discriminates well between negative and positive reactions (+ or ++), while failing to differentiate stronger reactions, where edema is a prominent feature. The latter reactions are better evaluated by skin thickness measurements, which, on the contrary, are less sensitive in revealing small skin thickness increases in weak reactions.

Adult↗

PubMed1991

Prevalence of atopy in vitiligo. A preliminary report.

59 patients suffering from vitiligo were investigated anamnestically and clinically with intradermal (prick tests) and laboratory tests (RAST and total IgE count) for the presence of atopy. Clinical manifestations (allergic rhinitis, asthma) and intense positive prick tests and RAST with an increase in total IgE count were found in 13 patients (22%). This frequency was significantly higher than that found in the normal population in our area (11.9%; p = 0.0212). These patients had a significantly higher incidence of vitiligo in their families (76.9 vs. 29.7% of the non-atopic; p less than 0.025), an earlier onset (14.1 vs. 24 years of the nonatopic) and a rapid worsening of the disease.

Adolescent↗