[Incidence of antigen expression for HLA antigens A,B,C and DR in patients with atopic diseases in Poland].

Studies of several authors suggest an interdependence of atopic diseases and HLA antigens. Therefore, the authors evaluated an incidence of HLA antigens of classes I and II in patients with atopic disease and healthy individuals. The study involved 127 patients with atopy and 79 healthy blood donors.

[Three month treatment with budesonide in patients with corticoid dependent bronchial asthma--personal experience].

The experiment aimed at evaluating a three-month therapy of asthmatic patients with budesonide inhalations. The study involved 32 patients with long-lasting bronchial asthma depended on steroids. Therapy with budesonide (Pulmicort Astra) in a mean daily dose 1.

[Study of the effects of calcium antagonists on respiration mechanics in patients with occlusive ventilation impairment].

In 113 patients and 33 controls the bronchodilating effect of three most frequently used calcium channel blockers nifedipine, verapamil and diltiazem was studied. The group comprised 76 men and 41 women aged 20 to 60 years, with bronchospastic conditions of various aetiology. The Jaeger Bodytest apparatus was used.

[Evaluation of the protective effects of nifedipine and verapamil in patients with bronchial hyperreactivity].

The protective effect was studied of the drugs blocking the calcium channel on histamine-induced bronchospasm. In a group of 107 studied subjects with clinical suspicion of bronchial hyperreactivity in 37 cases hypersensitivity to histamine was diagnosed. The protective effect of one oral dose of nifedipine 20 mg and verapamil 1.