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A total of 184 Costa Rican Allergic Rhinitis patients with at least one positive skin prick test in a previous study were tested for reaction to Poaceae tribes and species compared with 100 non atopic subjects. Skin prick tests were applied for the most abundant species present in Costa Rica. Highest positivity rates among the Allergic Rhinitis patients were obtained with Anthoxatum odoratum (83.2%) (Tribe Aveneae), Panicum maximum (82.1%) (Paniceae), Panicum mole (78.3%) (Paniceae) and Holcus lanatus (77.7%) (Aveneae). The only species with a low percentage of positivity was Uniola pittieri. There was a high prevalence of positive prick tests to pollens of the Poaceae species used for food, including corn, sorghum, sugar cane and rice. All exceeded 60% of positive results in the patients (against 2% in controls). These cultivated species have a special pattern of flowering which can explain the known exhacerbation of allergic symptoms in patients with perennial allergic rhinitis.
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PMID:[Type I hypersensitivity to gramineae pollen (by species) in allergic rhinitis patients]. 770 71

We investigated 115 individuals in Tokyo from two groups of persons with conspicuous nevi on the head, neck, and arms, etc. (nevus-positive group) and persons who do not exhibit such nevi (nevi-negative group) interviewing them to determine whether they suffered from allergic rhinitis/conjunctivitis (pollinosis) and examining them for the presence and extent of nevi. There was a distinct correlation: only 5 persons among 85 individuals of the nevus-positive group suffered from pollinosis, and all 30 people in the nevus-negative group had pollinosis. Thus, individuals exhibiting conspicuous nevi are resistant to pollinosis, but those who do not show increased susceptibility to pollinosis.
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PMID:Individuals exhibiting conspicuous nevi (lentigo simplex) are resistant to allergic rhinitis/conjunctivitis (pollinosis), but those who do not show increased susceptibility to pollinosis. 1263 59