Publications by authors named "Anna Cudak"
Psoriasis is one of the most common, chronic skin diseases of as yet unexplained etiopathogenesis. In the recent years it has been proven that an immunological factor plays an important role in the dermatosis onset. This has led to introduction of biological drugs to the disease treatment regimen, which include, , adalimumab and ustekinumab.
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- - The study investigates differences between local allergic rhinitis (LAR) and systemic allergic rhinitis (SAR), with a focus on patients allergic to birch, and compares them with those having non-allergic rhinitis (NAR).
- - A total of 65 patients were examined, with various tests conducted, including a nasal provocation test (NPT) and measurement of immune responses related to birch allergen.
- - Results showed an increase in nasal IgE levels in both LAR and SAR groups after NPT, but the study concluded that there are currently no definitive mechanisms that differentiate LAR from SAR.
The effect of prolonged allergen immunotherapy is still insufficiently known, especially in elderly patients. The effect after a 3-year course of injected allergen-specific immunotherapy (AIT) for grass pollen allergy in elderly patients with allergic rhinitis was observed. Thirty-eight elderly patients (mean ± standard deviation, 66.
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