(v. i.) To wander about; to saunter; to talk incoherently.
Example Sentences:
(1) Inhalant allergens as mite house dust, animal danders, pollens, molds and food allergens are considered, now, to be the most sensitizing agents.
(2) 355 out-patients with signs of bronchial asthma were studied with special reference to animal dander sensitization.
(3) Our results show that the highest amount of allergenic material and all the essential allergens are present in cow dander extract.
(4) In the case of initially negative tests with positive second and third SPTs the incidence ranged between 3.2% (cat dander) and 4.3% (birch pollen) per year.
(5) In 30 asthmatic children selected because of a positive skin test to cat dander allergen, we measured the histamine threshold, the reaction after allergen inhalation, the allergen-specific IgE concentration in serum, the lowest allergen concentration to which the intracutaneous skin test was positive (skin titer), and the histamine release of leukocytes after challenge with allergen.
(6) Standard skin prick tests were performed using crude antigens from dander and urine, and 75 to 100% of atopic persons had positive skin reactions.
(7) In patients with extrinsic (allergic) asthma, in whom an immunologic mechanism of the IgE type can be demonstrated, specific sensitivity develops to a variety of common environmental substances, including pollen, fungus spores, house dust mites, and animal danders.
(8) Antigens and allergens of cat and dog dander and hen egg white were most prevalent in the dust samples investigated.
(9) A significant decrease in the SPT (p less than 0.001) and an increase in the allergen-specific IgE (p less than 0.001) and IgG4 (p less than 0.001) was also noted in patients (group B) treated with cat-dander extracts.
(10) There were strong correlations between the titres of RAST and the titres of QAS except cat dander and egg white (r = 0.701-0.924 for the seven allergens).
(11) One major component of the dust (Ag Rl) was also found in large amounts in saliva, slightly less in fur and in only minimal amounts in urine and dander.
(12) Furthermore, by RAST we were able to determine that cotton top tamarin urine and newborn cotton top tamarin dander had antigens that reacted with IgE in the serum of the affected patients.
(13) Thus, a reasonable basis exists for the concept that in the evolutionary scheme there emerged genetically endowed humans with the potential for mounting immediate hypersensitivity responses to multicellular and complex antigenic particulates and animal and plant products, e.g., pollens and danders; hence the atopic state, allergic reactivity and the eosinophil.
(14) Comparison of intracutaneous skin tests and RAST in 2 groups of patients, one consisting of 16 individuals having multiple allergies to pollen, mold and animal dander and the other of 10 patients allergic to mold only, revealed that skin tests were more sensitive than RAST.
(15) The results show a good immunologic response with a standardized dog dander and hair extract.
(16) The patient presented a polyvalent IgE sensitization in prick skin tests and RAST to several animals' dander and epithelia, but RAST inhibition experiments showed a cross-reactivity only between fallow deer and horse allergen extracts.
(17) And when Romney said that his proposed alternative retained several provisions of Obama's act, such as healthcare cover for pre-existing conditions and allowing young people to remain on their parents' policies, lawyer Jerry Schreiber's dander was up.
(18) Urine and dander extracts were found to contain only low levels of AgR1 and its presence in urine was as a contaminant due to mode of collection--it was not present in urine collected directly from the bladder.
(19) Following discontinuation of exposure to dog dander, he continued to have symptoms, considerably in excess of his findings prior to dog dander exposure.
(20) Patch tests reactions to human dander were positive in 120 of 181 (66%) patients with atopic dermatitis, in two of 28 (7%) patients with allergic contact dermatitis, and in one of 31 (3%) normal controls.
Dandruff
Definition:
(n.) A scurf which forms on the head, and comes off in small or particles.
Example Sentences:
(1) The efficacy of 1% ketoconazole shampoo in the treatment of dandruff was tested in a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial with 176 patients.
(2) Clinical dandruff gradings of each half of the head were made 4 days after the last shampoo in each group, when scalp biopsy samples were also taken from each half of the head.
(3) In contrast to scales collected from the scalps of nine healthy individuals where a few parakeratotic cells are observable, a large number of parakeratotic cells associated with some infiltrated polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNLs) were found in the scales obtained from 11 individuals complaining of dandruff.
(4) The agreement between RAST and skin tests was 94.5% for cat epithelium, 89.3% for egg white, 86.2% for timothy pollen, 84.2% for milk, 80.3% for mite Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, 78.8% for birch pollen, 71.9% for dog epithelium, 67.7% for horse dandruff, 57.3% for moulds and only 40.3% for house dust.
(5) Extracts of grass pollens and of animal dandruff were used.
(6) This was the case with Hebra who, in the 19th century, claimed that dandruff was nothing but a sebaceous disease.
(7) Freeze-dried extract of horse hair and dandruff was obtained by extraction, centrifugation, dialysis and freeze-drying.
(8) The present investigation has shown that correlation of free cholesterol level with cell turnover is permissible in patients with dandruff, even if antimicrobial drugs are being tested.
(9) With a dose of 6 microgram peptide, administered intradermally 24 h prior to diluted allergic serum from a horse-dandruff-sensitive individual, partial inhibition of wealing was observed in three different normal recipients following the pricking in of specific allergen.
(10) Timing matters when it comes to TV adverts As England fans reeled after the Uruguay defeat, ITV offered up a soothing commercial break – with ads featuring the good news that Joe Hart doesn’t have dandruff and Daniel Sturridge really enjoys a chicken teriyaki sub .
(11) An extract of mixed dog hair and dandruff from six different dog breeds (alsatian, boxer, collie, poodle, and long-haired and short-haired dachshund) was obtained by mild extraction, centrifugation, dialysis and freeze-drying.
(12) Although effective therapy in seborrhoeic dermatitis and dandruff has for a long time been based on compounds whose only common link was antipityrosporal activity, proof of this relevance was lacking until the introduction of effective antifungal drugs, in particular ketoconazole.
(13) In this review of new studies about dandruff, methods for clinical (subjective) evaluation and quantitative (objective) appraisal of dandruff are described.
(14) The clinical presentation of tinea capitis is discussed, and attention is drawn to the seborrheic type, which is easily confused with dandruff.
(15) Extract of hair and dandruff from the individual dog breeds was obtained in the same way, but the material was not freeze-dried.
(16) The results support the idea that the amount of mites in our homes not only depend on relative air humidity but also on the production of dandruff.
(17) While cross reactions were common with grass pollen extracts in RAST, there was no cross-over with animal dandruff.
(18) On the basis of these results the major allergens of the examined extract of horse hair and dandruff were identified.
(19) Otherwise, BP was positive when HR and rast reached scores 2 and 3 with the exception of RAST for animal dandruff.
(20) Du Pont had thick dandruff and when he smiled, his teeth were “dark yellow and caked with food”.