Articles on Asthma

ÜNAL ŞAHIN, MEHMET ÜNLÜ, MUSTAFA DEMIRCI, AHMET AKKAYA, MURAT YARIKTAŞ

1999, Vol 15, Issue 2, Page 83-88

Reports have shovvn opposing results for proposed associations betvveen left-handedness and allergic diseases. İn this study we compared the distribution of right- and left-handers in a group of allergic patients and a control population with a Similiarsex and age distribution. The study (59...

NALAN SABANCI, ÜNAL ŞAHIN, MEHMET ÜNLÜ, MUSTAFA DEMIRCI, AHMET AKKAYA

2000, Vol 16, Issue 1, Page 9-16

İn this study; skin prick test, serum total and specific IgE levels vvere compared in patients with asthma and the diagnostic values of these tests vvere investigated. İn addition sensitivity and specifity of total and specific IgE values vvere calculated for different allergen groups. Skin prick...

İSMAIL REISLI, HASİBE ARTAÇ, SEVGI KELEŞ, MELİKE KESER, BÜLENT ORAN, MEHMET GÜRBİLEK

2005, Vol 21, Issue 2, Page 50-54

The elevations of serum creatine kinase myocardial bound (CK-MB) levels can be observed in children and suggest a myocardial injury. We determined serum CK-MB and cardiac troponin-I (cTn-I) levels in 30 asthmatic children to assess cardiac injury at admission for exacerbation and two weeks later....

FATMA FIDAN, İHSAN HAKKI ÇIFTÇI, NIHAL KIYILDI, MEHMET ÜNLÜ, MURAT SEZER

2006, Vol 22, Issue 3, Page 97-102

Aim: We aimed to determine the prevalence and risk factors of asthma and atopic diseases in preschool education centers in Afyonkarahisar. Material and Method: Of the 1288 children in 41 preschool education centers in Afyonkarahisar, 1084 children, whose parents have approved the study, were...

TALAL CHATİLA, AMİR MASSOUD

2019, Vol 35, Issue 1, Page 69-76

Allergic diseases are highly prevalent disorders that exact a heavy toll of morbidity. Whereas a fine balance is normally struck between immune effector and tolerogenic mechanisms to ensure effective but self-contained and minimally damaging immune responses, this balance fails in those disorders....

SONER DEMİRBAŞ, HARUN PERU

2011, Vol 27, Issue 3, Page 157-159

The aim of this study was to evaluate the tuberculin reaction which develops with Th 1 type immune reaction in asthma in which Th2 type immune reaction is dominant. This study included 36 cases with allergic asthma, 64 cases with non allergic asthma and 51 cases without asthma. Tuberculin skin test...