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15 Cards in this Set
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Pulmonary disease characterized by reversible airway obstruction, airway inflammation, and increased airway responsiveness to stimuli
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asthma
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Allergy which is not manifested by symptoms but which may be detected by tests
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latent
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Chief cause of acute or chronic atelectasis
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intraluminal bronchial obstruction
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A fungal metabolite used as an immunosuppressant
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cyclosporine
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Acute seasonal form of allergic rhinitis
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hay fever
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H2N1 virus
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avian flu
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Method of skin testing for allergies
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RAST
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Virus that causes AIDS
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human immunodeficiency
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Injections given to people with allergies
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desensitization
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Classification of reactions, consisting of 4 types
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Gell and Coombs
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World's leading cause of infant and child death
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malnutrition-related deficiency
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Pathologic process that results from immunologically specific interactions between antigens and humoral antibodies
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hypersensitivity reaction
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Adjunct prophylactic immunosuppressive measure
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irradiation
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Hyper-IgE syndrome
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Job-Buckley
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Structure of the nervous system that transmits impulses eliciting a specific response
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vasoactive mediator
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