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Latex allergy and skinTimo Reunala
Department of Dermatology, University and University Hospital of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 4:397-401. 2004..In this review we address the prevalence and outcome of latex allergy in health care workers (HCWs). Recent findings in natural rubber latex (NRL) allergens and trials of specific immunotherapy (SIT) are also of interest...- [Changing epidemiological profile and treatment of syphilis and gonorrhea]Timo Reunala
Tampereen yliopisto,
Duodecim 118:1374-80. 2002 - Recent developments in latex allergyKristiina Turjanmaa
Department of Dermatology, University of Tampere and University Hospital of Tampere, Helsinki, Finland
Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 2:407-12. 2002..Knowledge about conformational immunoglobulin-binding B-cell epitopes of major allergens is expected to be helpful in designing optimal reagents to specific immunotherapy... - Sensitization to turnip rape and oilseed rape in children with atopic dermatitis: a case-control studySanna Poikonen
Department of Dermatology, Tampere University Hospital and University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
Pediatr Allergy Immunol 19:408-11. 2008.... - Transglutaminase-mediated cross-linking of a peptic fraction of omega-5 gliadin enhances IgE reactivity in wheat-dependent, exercise-induced anaphylaxisKati Palosuo
Department of Dermatology, Hospital for Skin and Allergic Diseases, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
J Allergy Clin Immunol 111:1386-92. 2003..Activation of tTG during exercise in the intestinal mucosa of patients with WDEIA could lead to the formation of large allergen complexes capable of eliciting anaphylactic reactions... - Recognition and management of the cutaneous manifestations of celiac disease: a guide for dermatologistsPekka Collin
Departments of Medicine and Dermatology, Tampere University Hospital and Medical School, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
Am J Clin Dermatol 4:13-20. 2003..By contrast, the reported association of celiac disease with psoriasis seems to be coincidental... - Long-term outcome of 160 adult patients with natural rubber latex allergyKristiina Turjanmaa
Department of Dermatology, Tampere University Hospital and University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
J Allergy Clin Immunol 110:S70-4. 2002.... - Levocetirizine for treatment of immediate and delayed mosquito bite reactionsAri Karppinen
Department of Dermatology, University and University Hospital of Tampere, Finland
Acta Derm Venereol 86:329-31. 2006..016). These results show that prophylactic levocetirizine 5 mg is an effective treatment for both immediate and delayed mosquito bite symptoms and is especially effective in subjects with large wheals... - Diagnosis of celiac disease in clinical practice: physician's alertness to the condition essentialPekka Collin
Department of Gastroenterology and Alimentary Tract Surgery, Tampere University Hospital, Medical School, Tampere, Finland
J Clin Gastroenterol 41:152-6. 2007..The aim was to establish whether this approach would offer an alternative to population screening, which has yielded a prevalence of 1% in Finland... - Spore film dosimeters are feasible for UV dose monitoring during heliotherapyKatja Vähävihu
Department of Dermatology, Paijat Hame Central Hospital, Lahti, Finland
Photochem Photobiol 86:1174-8. 2010..The increase in serum 25(OH)D correlated with the UV-B dose received. The patients complied well to use the dosimeters. We conclude spore films to be a feasible and reliable personal UV dosimeter in vivo in field conditions... - Napins, 2S albumins, are major allergens in oilseed rape and turnip rapeTuija J Puumalainen
National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland
J Allergy Clin Immunol 117:426-32. 2006..Children with IgE-mediated allergy to foods frequently react to seeds of oilseed rape (Brassica napus ssp. oleifera) and turnip rape (Brassica rapa ssp. oleifera) in skin prick tests (SPTs). Sensitization pathways are not known... - Cutaneous, but not airway, latex exposure induces allergic lung inflammation and airway hyperreactivity in miceMaili Lehto
Department of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland
J Invest Dermatol 125:962-8. 2005..Cutaneous exposure to proteins eluting from latex products may therefore profoundly contribute to the development of asthma in latex allergy... - Isolated hevein-like domains, but not 31-kd endochitinases, are responsible for IgE-mediated in vitro and in vivo reactions in latex-fruit syndromePiia Karisola
Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyvaskyla, Jyvaskyla, Finland
J Allergy Clin Immunol 115:598-605. 2005..IgE of these patients has been shown to bind endochitinases containing an N-terminal hevein-like domain (HLD). However, evidence on 31-kd endochitinase-induced reactions in vivo is lacking... - Construction of hevein (Hev b 6.02) with reduced allergenicity for immunotherapy of latex allergy by comutation of six amino acid residues on the conformational IgE epitopesPiia Karisola
Department of Biological and Environmental Science, , , Finland
J Immunol 172:2621-8. 2004..Hevein with a highly reduced ability to bind IgE should provide a valuable candidate molecule for immunotherapy of latex allergy and is anticipated to have a low risk of systemic side effects... - Epidemics due to imported syphilis in FinlandEija Hiltunen-Back
Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Helsinki University Central Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Sex Transm Dis 29:746-51. 2002..Russia and other states of the former Soviet Union experienced a huge increase in syphilis beginning in the early 1990s. At first these epidemics were not well known in neighboring countries such as Finland... - Epicutaneous natural rubber latex sensitization induces T helper 2-type dermatitis and strong prohevein-specific IgE responseMaili Lehto
Department of Industrial Hygiene, The Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland
J Invest Dermatol 120:633-40. 2003..Epicutaneous sensitization to natural rubber latex proteins eluting from latex gloves may therefore contribute to the development of hand dermatitis and also natural rubber latex-specific immunoglobulin E antibodies... - [Chlamydia is increasing]Eija Hiltunen-Back
HYKS lho- ja allergiasairaala, HUS
Duodecim 121:16-8. 2005 - The diagnostic criteria of coeliac diseasePekka Collin
Acta Paediatr 96:604. 2007 - Nationwide increase of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in Finland: highest rise among adolescent women and menEija Hiltunen-Back
Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
Sex Transm Dis 30:737-41. 2003..Since 1995, the incidence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection has been increasing in Finland, although there have been no major changes in public sexually transmitted disease (STD) services or screening practice... - [How should the care of dermatological diseases be developed?]Ilkka Harvima
Duodecim 122:479; author reply 480. 2006 - [Syphilis behind the mouth symptoms]Heli Majamaa
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Duodecim 119:1672-3. 2003 - Psoriasis susceptibility locus on 18p revealed by genome scan in Finnish families not associated with PSORS1Kati Asumalahti
Department of Medical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
J Invest Dermatol 121:735-40. 2003..Further, the 18p locus has shown nominal evidence of linkage with psoriasis in the British population. Taken together, these findings confirm the presence of a minor susceptibility locus for psoriasis on 18p11... - The major conformational IgE-binding epitopes of hevein (Hev b6.02) are identified by a novel chimera-based allergen epitope mapping strategyPiia Karisola
Department of Biological and Environmental Science, , P. O. Box 35 (YAB, FIN-40014 University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
J Biol Chem 277:22656-61. 2002..The chimera-based epitope mapping strategy described here provides a valuable tool for defining structural epitopes and creating specific reagents for allergen immunotherapy...