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Acid anhydrides and asthma.

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We have studied asthma caused by inhaled acid anhydrides as a model of hapten-induced airway hyperresponsiveness. Inhalation tests with the relevant anhydride in sensitised individuals reproducibly provoked a significant increase in non-specific airway responsiveness identifiable 3 h after the test and prior to the development of the late asthmatic reaction. Seven cases of asthma caused by tetrachlorophthalic anhydride (TCPA) had specific IgE in their serum to a TCPA-human serum albumin conju...

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Nuffield Department of Population Health
Sub department:
Population Health
Role:
Author
Journal:
International archives of allergy and applied immunology
Volume:
82
Issue:
3-4
Pages:
435-439
Publication date:
1987-01-01
ISSN:
0020-5915
Language:
English
Keywords:
Pubs id:
pubs:245624
UUID:
uuid:034b6044-4a98-4a5f-ae39-e04cbc6a3d1d
Local pid:
pubs:245624
Source identifiers:
245624
Deposit date:
2012-12-19

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