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Matricardi PM, Fattorossi A, Nisini R, et al. A new test for specific IgE to inhalant allergens (Phadiatop) in the screening of immediate respiratory hypersensitivity states. Ann Allergy. 1989;63(6):532-5
Matricardi, P. M., Fattorossi, A., Nisini, R., Le Moli, S., Castagliuolo, P. P., & D'Amelio, R. (1989). A new test for specific IgE to inhalant allergens (Phadiatop) in the screening of immediate respiratory hypersensitivity states. Annals of allergy, 63(6), 532-5.
Matricardi, P M, et al. "A new test for specific IgE to inhalant allergens (Phadiatop) in the screening of immediate respiratory hypersensitivity states." Annals of allergy vol. 63,6 (1989): 532-5.
Matricardi PM, Fattorossi A, Nisini R, Le Moli S, Castagliuolo PP, D'Amelio R. A new test for specific IgE to inhalant allergens (Phadiatop) in the screening of immediate respiratory hypersensitivity states. Ann Allergy. 1989 Dec;63(6):532-5. PMID: 2688492.
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Ann Allergy. 1989 Dec;63(6):532-5.

A new test for specific IgE to inhalant allergens (Phadiatop) in the screening of immediate respiratory hypersensitivity states.

Annals of allergy

P M Matricardi, A Fattorossi, R Nisini, S Le Moli, P P Castagliuolo, R D'Amelio

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  1. Department of Medicine, DASRS, Pratica di Mare, Italy.

PMID: 2688492

Abstract

Three hundred recruits were classified as either allergic or nonallergic to inhalant allergens on the basis of history, physical examination, skin testing, and RAST. Forty-nine (16.3%) were classified as allergic as they were affected by oculorhinitis and/or asthma. This diagnosis was compared with results obtained with PRIST and with a new commercially available multi-RAST test for inhalant allergy, Phadiatop (Pharmacia). Sixty subjects (20%), including all 49 allergic subjects, scored positive in the Phadiatop assay (100% sensitivity) while PRIST (cut-off 220 IU/mL) identified only 20/49 allergics (40.8% sensitivity). The correlation between RAST and Phadiatop was excellent. Phadiatop is much more sensitive than PRIST; furthermore, Phadiatop is easier, less expensive, and as reliable as RAST for use in mass screening programs.

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