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A study of
atopic diseases in Basrah
Ihsan Edan Alsaimary
Departement of Microbiology, College of Medicine, University
of Basrah P. O. Box 696 Ashar, Basrah 42001, Iraq. E-mail:
ihsanalsaimary@yahoo.com.
Accepted 30 October, 2008 |
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A study of atopic diseases; allergic rhinitis, bronchial
asthma and atopic dermatitis were carried out in this
investigation. From 174 patients, 39.08% has atopic
dermatitis, while 33.90 and 27.01% have bronchial asthma and
allergic rhinitis, respectively. Males has a greater
percentage of bronchial asthma than females (p<0.01), while
females has a greater percentage of allergic rhinitis
(p<0.01) and atopic dermatitis (p<0.05).
Key word:
Atopy, inflammation, allergic, asthma. |
