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Review
. 2017 Mar 3:5:44.
doi: 10.3389/fped.2017.00044. eCollection 2017.

The Nose and the Lung: United Airway Disease?

Amelia Licari  1 , Riccardo Castagnoli  1 , Chiara Francesca Denicolò  1 , Linda Rossini  1 , Alessia Marseglia  1 , Gian Luigi Marseglia  1
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Review

The Nose and the Lung: United Airway Disease?

Amelia Licari et al. Front Pediatr. .

Abstract

Epidemiologic, pathophysiologic, and clinical evidences recently revealed the link between upper and lower airways, changing the global pathogenic view of respiratory allergy. The aim of this review is to highlight the strong interaction between the upper and lower respiratory tract diseases, in particular allergic rhinitis and asthma.

Keywords: airway disease; allergic rhinitis; asthma; local allergic rhinitis; non-allergic rhinitis.

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Figure 1
Macroscopic pathological characteristics.
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Histological appearance.
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