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Several common conditions are recognised as having an allergic aetiology, e.g. rhinitis (seasonal and perennial), urticaria, asthma, contact dermatitis, anaphylaxis and sometimes eczema (atopic dermatitis). The term allergic aetiology implies that the patient reacts to some specific external agent and the tissue damage or inflammation resulting from that interaction is revealed by particular symptoms, e.g. hayfever with pollens. It is now recognised that in some of the disease groups listed above, some patients have clear allergic precipitating factors, while others do not, e.g. extrinsic and intrinsic asthma, allergic and vasomotor rhinitis.
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Wilson, J.D., Simpson, S.I. (1980). Allergy Tests. In: Diagnostic Immunology and Serology: A Clinicians’ Guide. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-1126-1_15
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