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antigen avoidance
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what is 'antigen avoidance'?
Definition for antigen avoidance
antigen avoidance is also known as: Antigen avoidance, Removal of the allergen, allergy avoidance, avoid allergens
antigen avoidance is a medical procedure used for such diagnoses as: allergic conjunctivitis, allergic rhinitis and asthma.
related diagnosis for 'antigen avoidance'
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diagnosis
allergic conjunctivitis
type of pink eye caused by allergies
antigen avoidance and allergic conjunctivitis
allergic rhinitis
nose allergies
antigen avoidance and allergic rhinitis
asthma
narrowing and inflammation of airways causing wheezing
antigen avoidance and asthma
atopic dermatitis
eczema
antigen avoidance and atopic dermatitis
post nasal drip
mucus drip into throat
antigen avoidance and post nasal drip
urticaria
allergic skin rash
antigen avoidance and urticaria
contact dermatitis
allergic skin rash
antigen avoidance and contact dermatitis
food allergy
allergic reaction to certain foods
antigen avoidance and food allergy
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related procedure for 'antigen avoidance'/associated diagnoses
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procedures
Allergy, Skin Test
antigen avoidance and Allergy, Skin Test
avoid Triggers
antigen avoidance and avoid Triggers
Complete Blood Count
antigen avoidance and Complete Blood Count
Radioallergosorbent test (RAST)
antigen avoidance and Radioallergosorbent test (RAST)
Allergen Immunotherapy
antigen avoidance and Allergen Immunotherapy
CAST-ELISA
antigen avoidance and CAST-ELISA
Prick skin testing
antigen avoidance and Prick skin testing
Sinus radiography
antigen avoidance and Sinus radiography
fluorescent-enzyme immunoassay (FEIA)
antigen avoidance and fluorescent-enzyme immunoassay (FEIA)
Serum IgE
antigen avoidance and Serum IgE
serum immunoglobulins
antigen avoidance and serum immunoglobulins
thymus and activation-regulated chemokine (TARC)
antigen avoidance and thymus and activation-regulated chemokine (TARC)
Basophil histamine-release assays
antigen avoidance and Basophil histamine-release assays
Biopsy skin
antigen avoidance and Biopsy skin
Diet diary
antigen avoidance and Diet diary
Elimination diet
antigen avoidance and Elimination diet
Moisturization of skin
antigen avoidance and Moisturization of skin
Oatmeal baths
antigen avoidance and Oatmeal baths
Patch test
antigen avoidance and Patch test
cold application
antigen avoidance and cold application
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related medication for 'antigen avoidance'/associated diagnoses
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drugs
loratadine
antigen avoidance and loratadine
prednisone
antigen avoidance and prednisone
diphenhydramine(benadryl)
antigen avoidance and diphenhydramine(benadryl)
prednisone(deltasone)
antigen avoidance and prednisone(deltasone)
azelastine
antigen avoidance and azelastine
cetirizine(zyrtec)
antigen avoidance and cetirizine(zyrtec)
fexofenadine(allegra)
antigen avoidance and fexofenadine(allegra)
montelukast(singulair )
antigen avoidance and montelukast(singulair )
diphenhydramine
antigen avoidance and diphenhydramine
epinephrine
antigen avoidance and epinephrine
methylprednisolone
antigen avoidance and methylprednisolone
azelastine nasal(astelin , astepro)
antigen avoidance and azelastine nasal(astelin , astepro)
beconase aq
antigen avoidance and beconase aq
benadryl
antigen avoidance and benadryl
cetirizine
antigen avoidance and cetirizine
chlorpheniramine
antigen avoidance and chlorpheniramine
chlorpheniramine(chlor-trimeton)
antigen avoidance and chlorpheniramine(chlor-trimeton)
clemastine(tavist , clemastine fumarate)
antigen avoidance and clemastine(tavist , clemastine fumarate)
cromolyn sodium
antigen avoidance and cromolyn sodium
cromolyn(intal)
antigen avoidance and cromolyn(intal)
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eMedicine - Farmer's Lung : Article by Laurianne Wild
Farmer's lung is the most common type of hypersensitivity pneumonitis. ... capacity that reverses over several weeks (with antigen avoidance) may occur. ...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/TOPIC771.HTM
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Needs and Opportunities for Research in Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis ...
... diagnosis are needed, and treatment options, principally avoidance, are limited. ... of reports has been difficult when the specific antigen is not determined. ...
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/meetings/workshops/hp-wksp.htm
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Quantifying serum antibody in bird fanciers' hypersensitivity pneumonitis
... the likelihood of HP, and decreasing titers confirmed antigen avoidance. ... titer at follow-up clinics was a useful indicator to confirm antigen avoidance. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1543658
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Trachoma
Trachoma is an eye infection caused by which may result in chronic scarring and if left untreated. ... About Video Library Drug Finder Find a Doctor Find a ...
http://adam.about.com/encyclopedia/001486trt.htm
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Antigenic Variation in Vector-Borne Pathogens
One such strain-defining antigen is the OspC outer membrane protein of the Lyme ... each strain has achieved a unique solution to the problem of immune avoidance. ...
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol6no5/barbour.htm
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Anaphylaxis (Severe Allergic Reaction) Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis ...
Read about anaphylaxis (severe allergic reaction) causes (insect stings, latex allergy, food allergy, medication allergy) ... Since avoidance is not fail safe, ...
http://www.medicinenet.com/anaphylaxis/page8.htm
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Problems of spectrum and bias in evaluating the efficacy of diagnostic ...
Avoidance of these problems might have prevented the early optimism and ... selected examples: the carcinoembryonic antigen and nitro-blue tetrazolium tests. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/692598
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Mite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... of mites during sleep exposes the human body to some antigens which eventually ... of the other types of allergy, treatment of mite allergy starts with avoidance. ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mites
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eMedicine - Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis : Article by Sat Sharma
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP), also called extrinsic allergic alveolitis, is a complex syndrome of varying ... over antigen avoidance or placebo. ...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1103.htm
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Improvement of Memory by Means of Ultra-Low Doses of Antibodies to ...
Antigen S-100B of nervous tissue, according to the data of numerous studies, ... Wistar rats, which were inhibitory avoidance, choosing of bowls with sucrose and ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1697748
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eMedicine - Anaphylaxis : Article by Richard S Krause
... anaphylaxis, antibodies, antibody, antigen, hypersensitivity, immunoglobulin E, ... Sting avoidance is important for hypersensitive persons. ...
http://emedicine.com/emerg/topic25.htm
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AIDSInfo Press Release
... Antigen (HBsAg) ... identified only after the surface antigen has been stripped away using ... bed rest, a healthy diet, and avoidance of alcoholic beverages. ...
http://www.aidsinfo.nih.gov/aprs/release.aspx?an=A00276§ion=SearchTopic
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Hay Fever (Allergic Rhinitis) Causes, Diagnosis, Symptoms and Treatment ...
If avoidance is not possible or does not relieve symptoms, additional ... formation of histamine nor do they stop the conflict between the IgE and antigen. ...
http://www.medicinenet.com/hay_fever/page4.htm
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Increased antigen and bacterial uptake in follicle associated ...
... stress, with one hour of water avoidance stress (WAS), and six other rats were ... The close interaction between antigen, M cells, and immune cells was visualised ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1774000
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eMedicine - Allergic Rhinitis : Article by Quoc A Nguyen
... to the same antigen, these cells are stimulated ... See Avoidance of allergens and environmental controls for methods of deterrence and prevention. ...
http://www.emedicine.com/ent/topic194.htm
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Table of clinically important viruses - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
wart tissue avoidance. safe sex. Visual inspection. Antigen detection. Nucleic acid detection ... avoidance. antibody and antigen detection. Rubella virus ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_of_clinically_important_viruses
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Clinical factors associated with graft fibrosis in...[Clin Transplant ...
... mass index, greater human lymphocyte antigen (HLA) mismatch, older donors, serum ... recipients on steroid-avoidance immunosuppression receiving induction with ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18482051
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B cells extract and present immobilized antigen: implications for ...
... vivo antigen is often encountered in insoluble form or ... This could prove of benefit for the avoidance of autoimmunity. Top. Abstract. Introduction ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=305589
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Viral Hepatitis Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatment by ...
Viral hepatitis refers to hepatitis caused by a few specific ... Avoidance if ... a high concentration of antibodies to the hepatitis B surface antigen. ...
http://www.medicinenet.com/viral_hepatitis/page6.htm
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The value of diagnostic testing: knowing for the sake of knowing.
... as well as savings related to the avoidance of unnecessary treatments. ... with dyspepsia, 2) prostate specific antigen (PSA) screening of asymptomatic men ...
http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/MeetingAbstracts/102215834.html
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eMedicine - Hypersensitivity Reactions, Immediate : Article by Miriam K ...
The immune system is an integral part of human protection against disease, but the normally protective immune mechanisms ... of antigen avoidance and ...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1101.htm
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Signaling through CD28 and CTLA-4 controls two distinct forms of T cell ...
... is not sufficient for anergy avoidance and that activated T cells must ... T cell activated through its antigen receptor must receive CD28 costimulation ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pub...
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Sublingual immunotherapy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... limitation of avoidance is that low levels of exposure to antigens allows the ... Use of sublingual antigen in diagnosis and treatment of food allergy" ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sublingual_immunotherapy
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Effect of allergen avoidance on development of all...[Lancet. 1992 ...
PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 16 million citations from MEDLINE and ... pteronyssinus antigen(Der p ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1351183?ordinalpos=5&itoo...
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Takes your breath away ? the immunology of allergic alveolitis
... worldwide with many sources of antigen and an associated diversity of names ... for carbon monoxide [52], all of which normalized after antigen avoidance [54] ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1906376
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Lysine 63-Polyubiquitination Guards against Translesion Synthesis ...
... of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) at K164 and subsequent ... This damage-avoidance pathway requires a second ubiquitination complex composed ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pub...
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eMedicine - Cold Agglutinin Disease : Article by Sharon Georgy
The I/i antigen analogs are present on human lymphocytes, neutrophils, and ... lymphoma, treatment is directed at avoidance of cold along with appropriate ...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic408.htm
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Insect Bites Glossary of Terms with Medical Definitions
... formation of histamine nor do they stop the conflict between the IgE and antigen. ... Avoidance and prompt treatment are essential. ...
http://www.medicinenet.com/insect_bites/glossary_em.htm
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DNA vaccination - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... or recombinant protein components (such as the hepatitis B surface antigen) ... and simplicity of administration, as well as avoidance of unstable recombinant ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_vaccination
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Deletion of the Virion Host Shutoff Protein (vhs) from Herpes Simplex ...
DC are the body's most potent antigen-presenting cells (2) and as such have ... HSV immune avoidance mechanism which serves to minimize cellular immune ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?&artid=149543
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eMedicine - Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis : Article by Harold J Farber
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) refers to a group of disorders caused by a ... In some cases, antigen avoidance may include interventions that are very ...
http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic2577.htm
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Why men with prostate cancer want wider access to prostate specific ...
See editorial "Prostate specific antigen testing for prostate cancer " on page 725. ... For some men the "avoidance of regrets" was important. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=128372
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Role of Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli Virulence Factors in ...
... antigen, temperature-sensitive hemagglutinin (Tsh), and an uncharacterized ... O78 antigen, P fimbriae, and the 0-min region in initial avoidance of ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=143357
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eMedicine - Paroxysmal Cold Hemoglobinuria : Article by Thomas W Loew
... triggering autoantibody formation may be a microorganism antigen that induces ... mild and responds to general measures, such as avoidance of cold exposure. ...
http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic512.htm
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Persistent Infections by Organ System
Avoidance of neutralizing antibodies by spreading directly from cell to cell. ... Inhibition of antigen-induced lymphocyte proliferation by Tat protein. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?db=Books&rid=mmed.section.2455
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The PB1-F2 protein of Influenza A virus: increasing pathogenicity by ...
The mechanism by which this avoidance proceeds is greatly varied throughout the ... by directly targeting professional antigen presenting cells for destruction, the ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1781424
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Human allograft acceptance is associated with immune regulation
... when donor and recall antigens were colocalized, the recall response ... This donor antigen?linked nonresponsiveness was observed in four other patients ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=314359
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Report of the Expert Panel on Food Allergy Research
and tight junctions between intestinal epithelial cells reduce antigen uptake, ... effective strategy to prevent food allergic reactions is strict food avoidance; ...
http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/about/organization/dait/PDF/june30_2003.pdf
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Inaugural Article: Avoiding horror autotoxicus: The importance of ...
This avoidance requires that self-reactive T cells be actively silenced or ... have provided direct evidence that antigen-loaded immature DCs silence T cells ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pub...
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A simplified immunoprecipitation method for quantitatively measuring ...
... samples by using mammalian-produced Renilla luciferase-antigen fusion proteins ... containing antigen-specific antibodies and for generating quantitative antibody ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pub...
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eMedicine - Serum Sickness : Article by Susan M Chen
The antigen must be of characteristic size or have specific antigenic ... However, in some circumstances, avoidance is not possible. ...
http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic526.htm
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eMedicine - Retinopathy, Birdshot : Article by C Michael Samson
... the presence of human leukocyte antigen A29 (HLA-A29) molecule exists, ... to control the inflammation, while ensuring avoidance of drug adverse effects. ...
http://emedicine.com/OPH/topic384.htm
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Evidence Table 9. Control of Factors Affecting Asthma: Allergen Avoidance
lowered house-dust-mite antigen loads. Htut et al. Eradication of house. dust mite from ... inflammatory therapy and effective allergen avoidance ...
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/asthma/evid_tbls/9_allegenaviod.pdf
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House dust mite control measures in the management of asthma: meta-analysis
See editorial "House dust mite allergen avoidance in asthma " on page 1096. ... from measures designed to reduce their exposure to mite antigen in the home. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=9784442
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Allergy Glossary of Terms with Definitions on MedicineNet.com
... immune protein , produced because of the introduction of an antigen into ... Avoidance and prompt treatment are essential. ...
http://www.medicinenet.com/allergy/glossary.htm
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Oral tolerance, food allergy, and immunotherapy: I...[J Allergy Clin ...
... given dietary antigen either is not established or breaks down, resulting in ... for patients with food allergies is based on avoidance of the trigger, increased ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18410959?dopt=Abstract
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Proposed Mechanisms of Transfusion-Induced Immunomodulation
ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC IMMUNOMODULATORY EFFECTS. NONSPECIFIC IMMUNOMULATORY EFFECTS ... effects on the immune system as either antigen specific or nonspecific. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?&artid=95748
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Evidence Table 9. Control of Factors Affecting Asthma: Allergen ...
Avoidance (A) Allergen-impermeable mattress. and pillow covers, effective ... house-dust-mite antigen >15% rise in FEV. 1. after 200. mc. g. inhaled salbutamol ...
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/asthma/evid_tbls/9_allegenaviod_tagged.pdf
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Dermatitis.
1 The Ca antigen and the Ca1 antibody. Lancet. 1982 Jul 3;2(8288) ... A double-blind controlled crossover trial of an antigen-avoidance diet in atopic eczema. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1442862
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eMedicine - Allergic and Environmental Asthma : Article by William Kelly
Antigen-presenting cells (ie, macrophages, dendritic cells) in the airway ... Immunotherapy and Allergen Avoidance for Allergic Airways Disorders. ...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic3390.htm
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