The radioallergosorbent test (RAST) in nasal polyposis
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Journal of Laryngology & Otology
- Vol. 93 (9) , 889-898
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022215100087855
Abstract
Summary: The incidence of atopy among 64 adults undergoing polypectomy was 25 per cent. Among these atopic patients it was usual for the polyp IgE level to exceed that in the serum. Similarly,D. pteronyssinus-specific IgE was more commonly identified in polyp fluid by the RAST technique than in serum. However, this was not so for grass poolen-specific IgE, where serum and polyp fluid were equally positive. We conclude that there are atopic and non-atopic polyps.This publication has 16 references indexed in Scilit:
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