PMID- 22745648
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20120823
LR  - 20211021
IS  - 1741-4288 (Electronic)
IS  - 1741-427X (Print)
IS  - 1741-427X (Linking)
VI  - 2012
DP  - 2012
TI  - Traditional Chinese Medicine ZHENG Identification Provides a Novel Stratification 
      Approach in Patients with Allergic Rhinitis.
PG  - 480715
LID - 10.1155/2012/480715 [doi]
LID - 480715
AB  - Background. We aimed to apply the ZHENG identification to provide an easy and 
      useful tool to stratify the patients with allergic rhinitis (AR) through 
      exploring the correlation between the quantified scores of AR symptoms and the 
      TCM ZHENGs. Methods. A total of 114 AR patients were enrolled in this 
      observational study. All participants received the examinations of anterior 
      rhinoscopy and acoustic rhinometry. Their blood samples were collected for 
      measurement of total serum immunoglobulin E (IgE), blood eosinophil count (Eos), 
      and serum eosinophil cationic protein (ECP). They also received two questionnaire 
      to assess the severity scores of AR symptoms and quantified TCM ZHENG scores. 
      Multiple linear regression analysis was used to determine explanatory factors for 
      the score of AR manifestations. Results. IgE and ECP level, duration of AR, the 2 
      derived TCMZHENG scores of "Yin-Xu - Yang-Xu", and "Qi-Xu + Blood-Xu" were 5 
      explanatory variables to predict the severity scores of AR symptoms. The patients 
      who had higher scores of "Yin-Xu - Yang-Xu" or "Qi-Xu + Blood-Xu" tended to 
      manifest as "sneezer and runner" or "blockers," respectively. Conclusions. The 
      TCM ZHENG scores correlated with the severity scores of AR symptoms and provided 
      an easy and useful tool to stratify the AR patients.
FAU - Liang, Kai-Li
AU  - Liang KL
AD  - Department of Otolaryngology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung 40705, 
      Taiwan.
FAU - Jiang, Rong-San
AU  - Jiang RS
FAU - Lee, Chia-Lin
AU  - Lee CL
FAU - Chiang, Pei-Jung
AU  - Chiang PJ
FAU - Lin, Jui-Shan
AU  - Lin JS
FAU - Su, Yi-Chang
AU  - Su YC
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20120418
PL  - United States
TA  - Evid Based Complement Alternat Med
JT  - Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM
JID - 101215021
PMC - PMC3383108
EDAT- 2012/06/30 06:00
MHDA- 2012/06/30 06:01
PMCR- 2012/04/18
CRDT- 2012/06/30 06:00
PHST- 2012/01/13 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2012/04/04 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2012/04/06 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2012/06/30 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/06/30 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/06/30 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2012/04/18 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1155/2012/480715 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2012;2012:480715. doi: 10.1155/2012/480715. 
      Epub 2012 Apr 18.