Nasal provocation test with lysine acetylsalicylate in aspirin-sensitive patients.

Giampiero Patriarca, Eleonora Nucera, V DiRienzo, Domenico Schiavino, Stefano Pellegrino, G. Fais

PubMed · 1991 · 46 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

The authors have studied nasal provocation testing (NPT) with aspirin in 45 aspirin-sensitive patients (40 affected by nasal polyposis) and in 38 aspirin-tolerant patients (27 affected by nasal polyposis). The test was positive in 37.7% of aspirin-intolerant subjects, but only in 7.9% of subjects in the control group (P less than .01).