Nasal hyperreactivity and inflammation in allergic rhinitis

The history of allergic disease goes back to 1819, when Bostock described his own ‘periodical affection of the eyes and chest’, which he called ‘summer catarrh’. Since they thought it was produced by the effluvium of new hay, this condition was also called hay fever. Later, in 1873, Blackley establi...

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Main Authors: I. M. Garrelds, C. de Graaf-in't Veld, R. Gerth van Wijk, F. J. Zijlstra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 1996-01-01
Series:Mediators of Inflammation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0962935196000142