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ReviewAllergy, asthma & immunology research2018

Dog and Cat Allergies: Current State of Diagnostic Approaches and Challenges.

Sanny K Chan, Donald Y M Leung

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Review in Allergy, asthma & immunology research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 67 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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67citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

67 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 123 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Prevalence of asthma and allergic rhinitis in children exposed to pets: a meta-analysis.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2024
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  2. Local allergic asthma to cat allergens.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. Global · 2026
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  5. A Simple Method to Produce Recombinant Mammalian Serum Albumins inInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  7. Attitudes Toward In-Training Assistance Dogs in University Classrooms.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025
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  18. Do commercial dog extracts cross-react withAllergy and asthma proceedings · 2024
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7 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sanny K ChanDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, CO. USA.
Donald Y M LeungDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, CO. USA.
University of Colorado Denver · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Allergies to dogs and cats affect 10%-20% of the population worldwide and is a growing public health concern as these rates increase. Given the prevalence of detectable dog and cat allergens even in households without pets, there is a critical need to accurately diagnose and treat patients to reduce morbidity and mortality from exposure. The ability to diagnose cat sensitization is good, in contrast to dogs. Component resolved diagnostics of sensitization to individual allergenic proteins will dramatically improve diagnosis. This review focuses on the current state of knowledge regarding allergies to dogs and cats, recent advances, therapies such as subcutaneous immunotherapy, and discusses important areas to improve diagnosis and therapy.

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asthmaCatsdogsimmunotherapyrhinitis (allergic)

Identifiers

PMID29411550
PMCPMC5809771
OpenAlexW2786787230

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