Comparison of diagnostic accuracy of acoustic rhinometry and symptoms score for nasal allergen challenge monitoring
Ibon Eguiluz-Gracia
Allergy Unit, Hospital Regional Universitario de Malaga, Malaga, Spain
Allergy Research Group, Instituto de Investigacion Biomedica de Malaga-IBIMA and ARADyAL, Malaga, Spain
Search for more papers by this authorAlmudena Testera-Montes
Allergy Unit, Hospital Regional Universitario de Malaga, Malaga, Spain
Universidad de Malaga (UMA), Malaga, Spain
Search for more papers by this authorMaria Salas
Allergy Unit, Hospital Regional Universitario de Malaga, Malaga, Spain
Allergy Research Group, Instituto de Investigacion Biomedica de Malaga-IBIMA and ARADyAL, Malaga, Spain
Search for more papers by this authorNatalia Perez-Sanchez
Allergy Unit, Hospital Regional Universitario de Malaga, Malaga, Spain
Allergy Research Group, Instituto de Investigacion Biomedica de Malaga-IBIMA and ARADyAL, Malaga, Spain
Search for more papers by this authorAdriana Ariza
Allergy Research Group, Instituto de Investigacion Biomedica de Malaga-IBIMA and ARADyAL, Malaga, Spain
Search for more papers by this authorGador Bogas
Allergy Unit, Hospital Regional Universitario de Malaga, Malaga, Spain
Allergy Research Group, Instituto de Investigacion Biomedica de Malaga-IBIMA and ARADyAL, Malaga, Spain
Search for more papers by this authorJoan Bartra
Allergy Section, Pulmonology Unit, Hospital Clinic, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Clinical & Experimental Respiratory Immunoallergy (IRCE), Instituto de Investigaciones Biomedicas August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS)-ARADyAL, Barcelona, Spain
Search for more papers by this authorMaria Jose Torres
Allergy Unit, Hospital Regional Universitario de Malaga, Malaga, Spain
Allergy Research Group, Instituto de Investigacion Biomedica de Malaga-IBIMA and ARADyAL, Malaga, Spain
Universidad de Malaga (UMA), Malaga, Spain
Laboratory for Nanostructures for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Allergic Diseases, Andalusian Center for Nanomedicine and Biotechnology (BIONAND), Malaga, Spain
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Carmen Rondon
Allergy Unit, Hospital Regional Universitario de Malaga, Malaga, Spain
Allergy Research Group, Instituto de Investigacion Biomedica de Malaga-IBIMA and ARADyAL, Malaga, Spain
Correspondence
Carmen Rondon, Laboratorio de Investigacion, Hospital Civil, Pabellon 5, Sotano. Plaza del Hospital Civil, Malaga, Spain.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorIbon Eguiluz-Gracia
Allergy Unit, Hospital Regional Universitario de Malaga, Malaga, Spain
Allergy Research Group, Instituto de Investigacion Biomedica de Malaga-IBIMA and ARADyAL, Malaga, Spain
Search for more papers by this authorAlmudena Testera-Montes
Allergy Unit, Hospital Regional Universitario de Malaga, Malaga, Spain
Universidad de Malaga (UMA), Malaga, Spain
Search for more papers by this authorMaria Salas
Allergy Unit, Hospital Regional Universitario de Malaga, Malaga, Spain
Allergy Research Group, Instituto de Investigacion Biomedica de Malaga-IBIMA and ARADyAL, Malaga, Spain
Search for more papers by this authorNatalia Perez-Sanchez
Allergy Unit, Hospital Regional Universitario de Malaga, Malaga, Spain
Allergy Research Group, Instituto de Investigacion Biomedica de Malaga-IBIMA and ARADyAL, Malaga, Spain
Search for more papers by this authorAdriana Ariza
Allergy Research Group, Instituto de Investigacion Biomedica de Malaga-IBIMA and ARADyAL, Malaga, Spain
Search for more papers by this authorGador Bogas
Allergy Unit, Hospital Regional Universitario de Malaga, Malaga, Spain
Allergy Research Group, Instituto de Investigacion Biomedica de Malaga-IBIMA and ARADyAL, Malaga, Spain
Search for more papers by this authorJoan Bartra
Allergy Section, Pulmonology Unit, Hospital Clinic, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Clinical & Experimental Respiratory Immunoallergy (IRCE), Instituto de Investigaciones Biomedicas August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS)-ARADyAL, Barcelona, Spain
Search for more papers by this authorMaria Jose Torres
Allergy Unit, Hospital Regional Universitario de Malaga, Malaga, Spain
Allergy Research Group, Instituto de Investigacion Biomedica de Malaga-IBIMA and ARADyAL, Malaga, Spain
Universidad de Malaga (UMA), Malaga, Spain
Laboratory for Nanostructures for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Allergic Diseases, Andalusian Center for Nanomedicine and Biotechnology (BIONAND), Malaga, Spain
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Carmen Rondon
Allergy Unit, Hospital Regional Universitario de Malaga, Malaga, Spain
Allergy Research Group, Instituto de Investigacion Biomedica de Malaga-IBIMA and ARADyAL, Malaga, Spain
Correspondence
Carmen Rondon, Laboratorio de Investigacion, Hospital Civil, Pabellon 5, Sotano. Plaza del Hospital Civil, Malaga, Spain.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorEguiluz-Gracia, Testera-Montes, Torres and Rondon contributed equally to this article.
Funding information
This work was supported by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Competitiveness (grants co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund) through the research project PI17/01410, the research contracts “Juan Rodes” for IEG (JR19/00029) and GB (JR18/00054), and “Sara Borrell” for AA (CD17/00146), and the program of Redes Temáticas de Investigación Colaborativa en Salud (RETICS): Asma, Reacciones Adversas y Alérgicas-ARADyAL (RD16/0006/0001, RD16/0006/0007 and RD16/0006/0021). This work was also supported by the Regional Ministry of Health of Andalucia through the research projects PC-0098-2017 and PI-0176-2018.

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