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Prevalence of Skin Sensitization to Pollen of Date Palm in Marrakesh, Morocco

Background. Date palm's pollen has been identified as a source of allergy; the rate of sensitization of this pollen is between 6 and 29%. Objective. To determine the prevalence of sensitization to date palm in Marrakesh and to identify the clinical profile. Patients and Methods. This study is b...

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Autores principales: Serhane, Hind, Amro, Lamyae, Sajiai, Hafsa, Alaoui Yazidi, Abdelhaq
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5320369/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28270850
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6425869
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author Serhane, Hind
Amro, Lamyae
Sajiai, Hafsa
Alaoui Yazidi, Abdelhaq
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Sajiai, Hafsa
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description Background. Date palm's pollen has been identified as a source of allergy; the rate of sensitization of this pollen is between 6 and 29%. Objective. To determine the prevalence of sensitization to date palm in Marrakesh and to identify the clinical profile. Patients and Methods. This study is based on a questionnaire and the prick test on 7 allergens, in population aged 5 years and above with clinical symptoms suggesting allergic diseases, from November 2012 to February 2013 in Marrakech. Results. We included 468 patients (women: 79.5%). The prick tests were considered interpretable in 467 cases. The prevalence of skin sensitization to pollen of date palm was 6.6%. The 31 cases of sensitization to date palm involved 7 men and 24 women with an average age of 37.5 years. Cutaneous monosensitization to date palm's pollen was observed in 2 cases. Asthma, rhinitis, and conjunctivitis were recorded, respectively, in 48.4%, 93.5%, and 67.7%. Conclusion. Skin sensitization to pollen of date palm does not seem unusual among allergic patients in Marrakech and is comparable to that found in Casablanca (7%), Barcelona (6.6%), and Cartagena (6.1%).
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spelling pubmed-53203692017-03-07 Prevalence of Skin Sensitization to Pollen of Date Palm in Marrakesh, Morocco Serhane, Hind Amro, Lamyae Sajiai, Hafsa Alaoui Yazidi, Abdelhaq J Allergy (Cairo) Research Article Background. Date palm's pollen has been identified as a source of allergy; the rate of sensitization of this pollen is between 6 and 29%. Objective. To determine the prevalence of sensitization to date palm in Marrakesh and to identify the clinical profile. Patients and Methods. This study is based on a questionnaire and the prick test on 7 allergens, in population aged 5 years and above with clinical symptoms suggesting allergic diseases, from November 2012 to February 2013 in Marrakech. Results. We included 468 patients (women: 79.5%). The prick tests were considered interpretable in 467 cases. The prevalence of skin sensitization to pollen of date palm was 6.6%. The 31 cases of sensitization to date palm involved 7 men and 24 women with an average age of 37.5 years. Cutaneous monosensitization to date palm's pollen was observed in 2 cases. Asthma, rhinitis, and conjunctivitis were recorded, respectively, in 48.4%, 93.5%, and 67.7%. Conclusion. Skin sensitization to pollen of date palm does not seem unusual among allergic patients in Marrakech and is comparable to that found in Casablanca (7%), Barcelona (6.6%), and Cartagena (6.1%). Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2017 2017-02-08 /pmc/articles/PMC5320369/ /pubmed/28270850 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6425869 Text en Copyright © 2017 Hind Serhane et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Alaoui Yazidi, Abdelhaq
Prevalence of Skin Sensitization to Pollen of Date Palm in Marrakesh, Morocco
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title_short Prevalence of Skin Sensitization to Pollen of Date Palm in Marrakesh, Morocco
title_sort prevalence of skin sensitization to pollen of date palm in marrakesh, morocco
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5320369/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28270850
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6425869
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