Investigation of Clinical Spectrum, Bacterial Pathogens and Immune Response in Acute Pharyngotonsillitis Acute pharyngotonsillitis is one of the most common infections encountered by pediatricians. Most children with acute pharyngotonsillitis have symptoms that can be attributed to viral infe...

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Body Composition and Hormonal Status in Ataxia Telangiectasia Ataxia telangiectasia (A-T) is a rare devastating human recessive disorder characterized by progressive cerebellar ataxia, immunodeficiency, chromosomal instability, and cancer susceptibil...

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Leukotriene Receptor Antagonists or Steroids in Pre-School Asthma Explorative comparison of montelukast with inhaled steroids (fluticasone) to estimate responder profiles, in terms of symptom scores, rescue medication, increase of FEV1, in correlation to...

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Study of Bronchial Inflammation in Adolescent Smokers With and Without Obesity The investigators want to assess differences in lung function and bronchial inflammation of young smokers and non-smokers with (BMI > 30) and without obesity (BMI < 25)(4 patient groups). ...

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Prevention of Asthma and Allergy by Probiotic Lactobacillus GG Given that asthma results from a complex interaction between genetic susceptibility and environmental factors and rates of childhood asthma are increasing, primary prevention has to focus ...

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Local IgE in Subjects With Allergic or Non-allergic Rhinitis The purpose of the study is to investigate the incidence of non-allergic rhinitis on a not selected group of young students (n=100-300). Students will be selected by public posting. In all...

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Mucolytic Effectiveness of Tacholiquine ® in Chronic Bronchitis The purpose of this study is to evaluate the mucolytic activity of Tacholiquine® compared to saline (0.9%) in chronic bronchitis patients. Lung function parameters, biomarker profiles in s...

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Induction of Allergen Specific Bronchial Immunotolerance After Specific Immunotherapy One aim of this study was to find out if the bronchial allergen provocation (BAP) is an appropriate method to appraise the efficacy of a specific immunotherapy (SIT). The investigators had...

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Status of Growth Hormone/ Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 (GH/IGF-1) Axis and Growth Failure in Ataxia Telangiectasia (AT) This study will evaluate the status of the growth hormone/ insulin-like growth factor-1 (GH/IGF-1) axis in relation to growth failure, body weight and composition and neuroprotection in ch...

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Pulmonary Function Test, Bronchial Hyperresponsiveness and Quality of Life in Patients With Vocal Cord Dysfunction (VCD) Vocal cord dysfunction is a rare clinical picture. It is labeled as a sudden and threatening dyspnea. Patients with VCD may also present cough, hoarseness, wheezing, and chest tightness, b...

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