IFN). The nasal symptoms were evaluated monthly for 3 months, with test score symptoms questionary 4 (TSSQ4) and auto-evaluation by scale Linker. Results: We studied 94 AR patients (50% women and 50% men, range age between 5 and 40 years). Indoor antigens (mites, house dust and cockroach) were the main cause of allergy. Allergic patients had more eosinophiles and IgE than the healthy controls (P , 0.05). The number of CD81 lymphocytes was slightly reduced in group 2 after treatment (P , 0.05),

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... hereas the amount of IL-4 and IFN ƒnwere increased in both groups (P , 0.005) and the amount of IL-10 was significantly increased in group 1 (P , 0.01) after treatment. Clinical evaluation was with initial TSSQ4 of 11.6 before handling and 5.1 (44%) after, with significant improvement (P , 0.0001) and Likert score was reduced 69% than the star the treatment. Conclusions: The TF along with SLITAE in the treatment of patients with RA did not alter the clinical improvement induced by SLITAE alone for 3 months of treatment, but the combination increased production of IL 10 and production of IFNg.