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WORLD ALLERGY ORGANIZATION JOURNAL
Volume 2, Issue -, Pages 119-120Publisher
BIOMED CENTRAL LTD
DOI: 10.1097/WOX.0b013e3181a8e15a
Keywords
nonallergic vasosmotor rhinitis; nonallergic rhinitis; vasomotor rhinitis; idiopathic rhinitis; nonallergic rhinopathy
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- TREAT Foundation (Washington, DC)
- Meda Pharmaceuticals
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Nonallergic vasomotor rhinitis (also referred to as nonallergic rhinitis and/or idiopathic rhinitis) is a term that has been used to describe a common nasal condition of unclear pathophysiology. The lack of straightforward diagnostic criteria is limiting; research for better treatment options requires the definition of homogeneous populations characterized by well-defined inclusion and exclusion criteria. Following considerable discussion and counterpoints at a roundtable conference convened in December 2008, we proposed to change the terminology to reference this condition as nonallergic rhinopathy. Nonallergic rhinopathy is a chronic nasal condition with symptoms that may be perennial, persistent, intermittent, or seasonal and/or elicited by recognized triggers. There is a well-recognized set of clinical exposures that lead to the symp-toms, predominantly congestion and rhinorrhea. The clinical characteristics as outlined provide well-defined inclusion and exclusion criteria that should permit precise identification of patients for participation in clinical trials.
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