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The disclosure of allergic factors in the etiology of recurrent bronchitis may be difficult in infants (children under the age of 2 years) and preschool children (in this study children at the age of 2 to 6 years) because at this age often no acceptable results are obtained by skin tests and provocation tests (ref. 5). The RadioAllergoSorbent Test (RAST), however, as an in-vitro test determines the level of allergen-specific antibodies of the IgE class in plasma or serum and thus reveals to what extent the pathogenesis of recurrent bronchitis includes allergic reactions mediated by such antibodies.
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Glaubitt, D., Siafarikas, K. (1981). Early Detection of Allergens by RAST in Infants and Preschool Children with Recurrent Bronchitis. In: Nakhosteen, J.A., Maassen, W. (eds) Bronchology: Research, Diagnostic, and Therapeutic Aspects. Developments in Surgery, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8236-9_152
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