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Treatment of asthma with nebulized lidocaine: A randomized, placebo-controlled study by Hunt, Loren W., Frigas, Evangelo, Butterfield, Joseph H., Kita, Hirohito, Blomgren, Judith, Dunnette, Sandra L., Offord, Kenneth P., Gleich, Gerald J.

“…In 2 prior uncontrolled studies, nebulized lidocaine reduced oral glucocorticoid use in patients with severe glucocorticoid-dependent asthma. We tested the…”
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Management of occupational allergy to natural rubber latex in a medical center:The importance of quantitative latex allergen measurement and objective follow-up by Hunt, Loren W., Kelkar, Pramod, Reed, Charles E., Yunginger, John W.

“…When our employees began coming to the Occupational Health Service, Dermatology, and Allergy Clinics with symptoms of allergy to rubber gloves 12 years ago,…”
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Quantification of occupational latex aeroallergens in a medical center by Swanson, Mark C., Bubak, Mark E., Hunt, Loren W., Yunginger, John W., Warner, Mark A., Reed, Charles E.

“…To determine the quantity, variability, and mean aerodynamic diameter of latex aeroallergens in a large medical center, we collected air samples from work…”
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Purification of tryptase from a human mast cell line by Butterfield, J H, Weiler, D A, Hunt, L W, Wynn, S R, Roche, P C

“…The neutral protease tryptase has been isolated from a human mast cell line, HMC-1. The HMC-1 line was established from the peripheral blood of a patient with…”
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Prevalence, pathophysiology, and treatment of patients with asthma and gastroesophageal reflux disease by Alexander, J A, Hunt, L W, Patel, A M

“…About one third of the US adult population experiences symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux on a monthly basis. Asthma is present in about 5% of the same…”
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Lidocaine and its Analogues Inhibit IL-5-Mediated Survival and Activation of Human Eosinophils by Okada, Shinji, Hagan, John B, Kato, Masahiko, Bankers-Fulbright, Jennifer L, Hunt, Loren W, Gleich, Gerald J, Kita, Hirohito

“…Eosinophils and cytokines active on eosinophils, especially IL-5, are believed to be critically involved in chronic allergic diseases. IL-5 activates…”
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Effect of nebulized lidocaine on severe glucocorticoid-dependent asthma by Hunt, L W, Swedlund, H A, Gleich, G J

“…To determine whether nebulized lidocaine is a useful therapy in patients with severe glucocorticoid-dependent asthma. We prospectively conducted an open study…”
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Accuracy of the Death Certificate in a Population-Based Study of Asthmatic Patients by Hunt, Loren W, Silverstein, Marc D, Reed, Charles E, O'Connell, Edward J, O'Fallon, William M, Yunginger, John W

“…Objective.—To quantify the reliability of death certificate data concerning asthma.Design.—The complete medical records of decedents were reviewed by a…”
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How to manage difficult asthma cases: An action plan for physicians and patients by Hunt, Loren W.

“…Patients with difficult-to-manage asthma represent one of the greatest challenges in primary care practice. Because these patients are at risk for…”
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Immunofluorescent staining for mast cells in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: quantification and evidence for extracellular release of mast cell tryptase by Hunt, L W, Colby, T V, Weiler, D A, Sur, S, Butterfield, J H

“…In many diseases, retrospective analysis for determining the presence of mast cells has been difficult because of their loss of metachromatic staining…”
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A Medical-Center-Wide, Multidisciplinary Approach to the Problem of Natural Rubber Latex Allergy by Hunt, Loren W., Boone-Orke, Jodie L., Fransway, Anthony F., Fremstad, Charles E., Jones, Richard T., Swanson, Mark C., McEvoy, Marian T., Miller, Linda K., Majerus, Elizabeth T., Luker, Patricia A., Scheppmann, Donald L., Webb, Maurice J., Yunginger, John W.

“…Latex is a common cause of occupational allergy in health care workers; latex-sensitized patients are at increased risk of allergic reactions in medical…”
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Extractable latex allergens and proteins in disposable medical gloves and other rubber products by Yunginger, John W., Jones, Richard T., Fransway, Anthony F., Kelso, John M., Warner, Mark A., Hunt, Loren W.

“…Background: IgE-mediated sensitization to rubber proteins is being reported with increasing frequency in health care workers. To explore the relative…”
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Management of occupational allergy to natural rubber latex in a medical center: The importance of quantitative latex allergen measurement and objective follow-up: Natural rubber latex sensitivity by HUNT, Loren W, KELKAR, Pramod, REED, Charles E, YUNGINGER, John W

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Eosinophil recruitment is associated with IL-5, but not with RANTES, twenty–four hours after allergen challenge by Sur, Sanjiv, Kita, Hirohito, Gleich, Gerald J., Chenier, Thomas C., Hunt, Loren W.

“…Several lines of evidence suggest that the chemokine RANTES may play a role in eosinophilia observed during allergic inflammation. To test this hypothesis, six…”
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Endotoxin contamination causes neutrophilia following pulmonary allergen challenge by Hunt, L W, Gleich, G J, Ohnishi, T, Weiler, D A, Mansfield, E S, Kita, H, Sur, S

“…Segmental bronchoprovocation (SBP) with allergen was used in an attempt to study eosinophils recruited to the airway 24 h after challenge. Unexpectedly, in the…”
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Allergic reactions to latex among health-care workers by Bubak, M E, Reed, C E, Fransway, A F, Yunginger, J W, Jones, R T, Carlson, C A, Hunt, L W

“…With the emergence of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) epidemic and the practice of protecting health-care workers from all body fluids, the use…”
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Safety considerations in treating concomitant diseases in patients with asthma by HUNT, L. W

“…The treatment for asthma usually involves a combination of drugs used for bronchodilation and to treat underlying airway inflammation. When asthma is severe,…”
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Cytokine production at the site of disease in chronic eosinophilic pneumonitis by Kita, H, Sur, S, Hunt, L W, Edell, E S, Weiler, D A, Swanson, M C, Samsel, R W, Abrams, J S, Gleich, G J

“…Chronic eosinophilic pneumonitis (CEP) is characterized by longstanding respiratory symptoms accompanied by a massive pulmonary eosinophil infiltration. We…”
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Severe asthma complicated by bilateral diaphragmatic paralysis attributed to Parsonage-Turner syndrome by Patterson, D L, DeRemee, R A, Hunt, L W

“…Progressive dyspnea that developed in a 52-year-old woman with a lifelong history of asthma did not respond to high-dose orally administered glucocorticoids…”
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Sudden-onset fatal asthma by Sur, S, Hunt, L W, Crotty, T B, Gleich, G J

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