[Clinical significance of cat allergens in adult asthmatics--a study of inhalation provocation tests].

We performed a bronchial provocation tests on 40 adult cat sensitive asthmatics to study the clinical significance of cat allergens. Immediate asthmatic responses (IAR) and/or late asthmatic responses (LAR) were provoked in 29 out of the 40 cases. IAR alone was provoked in 12 cases (30%), LAR alone in 7 cases (17.