PMID- 6846921
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19830617
LR  - 20041117
IS  - 0003-4738 (Print)
IS  - 0003-4738 (Linking)
VI  - 50
IP  - 5
DP  - 1983 May
TI  - Value of immunoglobulin E (IgE) in the private practice of allergy. Eight years 
      experience: 1973-1981.
PG  - 317-9
AB  - In private practice the majority of patients evaluated by allergists are truly 
      atopic. To assess the clinical value of determining the serum level of 
      immunoglobulin E (IgE) in such patients the records of an individual private 
      allergist were reviewed and all new patients were evaluated. Over an eight year 
      period 7,000 new patients were seen and 5,500 measurements of IgE were performed. 
      An elevated serum IgE value was indicative of the atopic state with few false 
      positives. Successful immunotherapy as determined by patient reports, the 
      decreased use of medications and reduced clinical visits was correlated 
      positively with a decrease in serum IgE levels. This was true regardless of the 
      initial value of the IgE. Unsatisfactory results in immunotherapy were often 
      accompanied by an increase in IgE levels. Serial determinations of serum IgE 
      levels over several years of treatment are of value in the evaluation of allergic 
      patients in private practice.
FAU - Grater, W C
AU  - Grater WC
FAU - Pavuk, J
AU  - Pavuk J
FAU - Budd, C
AU  - Budd C
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Ann Allergy
JT  - Annals of allergy
JID - 0372346
RN  - 37341-29-0 (Immunoglobulin E)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Child
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Humans
MH  - Hypersensitivity, Immediate/diagnosis/*immunology/therapy
MH  - Immunoglobulin E/*analysis
MH  - Immunotherapy
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Radioallergosorbent Test
MH  - Radioimmunosorbent Test
EDAT- 1983/05/01 00:00
MHDA- 1983/05/01 00:01
CRDT- 1983/05/01 00:00
PHST- 1983/05/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1983/05/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1983/05/01 00:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Ann Allergy. 1983 May;50(5):317-9.