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A severe case of minocycline-induced DRESS resulting in liver transplantation and autoimmune sequelae by Lan, Jennifer, MD, Lahoti, Amit, MD, Lew, D. Betty, MD

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Questioning Cause and Effect: Children with Severe Asthma Exhibit High Levels of Inflammatory Biomarkers Including Beta-Hexosaminidase, but Low Levels of Vitamin A and Immunoglobulins by Samarasinghe, Amali E, Penkert, Rhiannon R, Hurwitz, Julia L, Sealy, Robert E, LeMessurier, Kim S, Hammond, Catherine, Dubin, Patricia J, Lew, D Betty

“…Asthma affects over 8% of the pediatric population in the United States, and Memphis, Tennessee has been labeled an asthma capital. Plasma samples were…”
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Airway Epithelial Repair by a Prebiotic Mannan Derived from Saccharomyces cerevisiae by Lew, D. Betty, Song, Chi Y., Samarasinghe, Amali E., LeMessurier, Kim S., Waters, Christopher M., Michael, Christie F., Malik, Kafait U.

“…In asthmatic airways, repeated epithelial damage and repair occur. No current therapy directly targets this process. We aimed to determine the effects of…”
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Beneficial Effects of Prebiotic Saccharomyces cerevisiae Mannan on Allergic Asthma Mouse Models by Samarasinghe, Amali E., Gaber, M. Waleed, LeMessurier, Kim S., Patel, Jennifer K., Lehman, Jeffrey M., Rohman, Erin L., Robinson, W. Scout, Overbeck, Tracie, Michael, Christie F., Lew, D. Betty, Eiseman, Brandi

“…One of the unmet needs for asthma management is a new therapeutic agent with both anti-inflammatory and anti-smooth muscle (ASM) remodeling effects. The…”
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Non-allergic rhinitis: a case report and review by Nozad, Cyrus H, Michael, L Madison, Betty Lew, D, Michael, Christie F

“…Rhinitis is characterized by rhinorrhea, sneezing, nasal congestion, nasal itch and/or postnasal drip. Often the first step in arriving at a diagnosis is to…”
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Improving Allergy Skin Testing Proficiency by Dave, Rachna R., Hammond, Catherine M., Stewart, Charles W., Lew, D. Betty

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Improving allergy skin testing proficiency by Dave, Rachna R., Hammond, Catherine M., Stewart, Charles W., Lew, D. Betty

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Biomarkers of Severity in Pediatric Asthma in Memphis, Tennessee by Lew, D. Betty, Samarasinghe, Amali E., Renkert, Rhiannon, Hammond, Catherine, Dubin, Patricia J.

“…Methods Blood collected from 100 severe asthmatics and 47 age-matched hospitalized non-asthmatics (per Institutional Review Board approval), was used to…”
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae-Derived Mannan Does Not Alter Immune Responses to Aspergillus Allergens by Lin, Yanyan, Palipane, Maneesha, LeMessurier, Kim S., Lew, D. Betty, Samarasinghe, Amali E.

“…Severe asthma with fungal sensitization predominates in the population suffering from allergic asthma, to which there is no cure. While corticosteroids are the…”
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Vancomycin Hypersensitivity Diagnosed by Lymphocyte Blast Transformation by Tran, Nguyen P., Katcher, Jeremy, Rohman, Erin, Hall, Mary Francis, Michael, Christie F., Miyairi, Isao, Lew, D. Betty

“…A 15-year-old male admitted for Pott's puffy tumor developed recurrent episodes of fever, diffuse morbilliform rash, eosinophilia, and tubulointerstitial…”
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Research upregulation of CD23 (FcepsilonRII) expression in human airway smooth muscle cells (huASMC) in response to IL-4, GM-CSF, and IL-4/GM-CSF by Belleau, Joseph T, Gandhi, Radha K, McPherson, Holly M, Lew, D Betty

“…Airway smooth muscle cells play a key role in remodeling that contributes to airway hyperreactivity. Airway smooth muscle remodeling includes hypertrophy and…”
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A 9-year-old boy with chronic urticaria and progressive spondyloarthritis by Park, Dai, Brown, Monica L, Densen, Peter, Myers, Linda K, Lew, D Betty

“…A 9-year-old African American boy presented with chronic urticaria and progressive spondyloarthritis. Laboratory tests were abnormal for persistently positive…”
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A fatal presentation of dermatomyositis with facial swelling by Dwivedi, Nishant, Michael, Christie, Lew, D. Betty, Arnold, Sandra, Igarashi, Masanori, Bertorini, Tulio, Thompson, Jerome W, Myers, Linda K, Brown, Monica L

“…Abstract Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) is the most common inflammatory autoimmune myopathy in children. Most common presentations consist of heliotrophic rash…”
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beta-Hexosaminidases: potent mitogens of airway smooth muscle by Lew, D B

“…beta-Hexosaminidases A & B, inflammatory marker enzymes, are mannosyl-rich glycoproteins that are implicated in acute asthma. At physiologically and…”
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An Infant With Erythroderma, Skin Scaling, Chronic Emesis, and Intractable Diarrhea by Redding, Alan R., Lew, D. Betty, Conley, Mary Ellen, Pivnick, Eniko K.

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Airway fluoroscopic diagnosis of vocal cord dysfunction syndrome by Nastasi, K J, Howard, D A, Raby, R B, Lew, D B, Blaiss, M S

“…Vocal cord dysfunction syndrome is often misdiagnosed as refractory asthma. Airway fluoroscopy has recently been proposed as an alternative to laryngoscopy in…”
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Cow's milk allergy in a patient with hyper-IgE syndrome by Hernandez-Trujillo, Vivian P, Nguyen, William T, Belleau, Joseph T, Jeng, Michael, Conley, Mary Ellen, Lew, D Betty

“…Both hyper-IgE syndrome and food allergies can result in the early onset of skin rash, eosinophilia, and markedly elevated serum IgE. Occasionally, it can be…”
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Mitogenic effect of lysosomal hydrolases on bovine tracheal myocytes in culture by BETTY LEW, D, RATTAZZI, M. C

“…Studies were conducted to assess the mitogenic effect of lysosomal hydrolases, enzymes known to have an association with allergen- or ozone-induced airway…”
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Parenteral nutrition-associated anaphylaxis in a 4-year-old child by Market, A.D, Lew, D.B, Schropp, K.P, Hak, E.B

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Evaluation of B lymphocyte deficiencies by Vickery, John D, Michael, Christie F, Lew, D Betty

“…The most common of the primary immunodeficiency diseases are those that involve inadequate antibody production. The characteristic presentation of these…”
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