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Local allergic rhinitis: nasal allergen provocation testing as a good tool in the differential diagnosis
 
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Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland (Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of the Environmental Hazards Prevention and Allergology)
 
 
Online publication date: 2020-02-24
 
 
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Edyta Krzych-Fałta   

Medical University of Warsaw, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of the Environmental Hazards Prevention and Allergology, Banacha 1a, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland
 
 
Int J Occup Med Environ Health. 2020;33(2):241-6
 
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Local allergic rhinitis (LAR) is a specific phenotype of allergic rhinitis. One characteristic feature of LAR is a medical history indicative of an allergic disease, negative skin-prick test results, undetectable levels of specific IgE, and a positive allergen-specific nasal provocation test. This paper presents a case of a patient with LAR and underlying house dust mite allergy, who was ultimately diagnosed >10 years after the onset of his first symptoms. Currently, there are only pharmacological treatments available for LAR. However, some studies show encouraging results with the use of allergen-specific immunotherapy in LAR, which offer hope for a future use of this causative treatment in LAR patients. Int J Occup Med Environ Health. 2020;33(2):241–6
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