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• 97 citations
  Allergy testing in childhood: Using allergen-specific IgE tests
  Scott H. Sicherer, Robert A. Wood, Stuart L. Abramson, Bradley E. Chipps, Thomas A. Fleisher
  Pediatrics. 2012-01-01
• 96 citations
  Immunologic defects in patients with refractory sinusitis
  Shapiro Gg, Frank S. Virant, Clifton T. Furukawa, Pierson We, Bierman Cw
  Pediatrics. 1991-03-01
• 217 citations
  The diagnosis and management of sinusitis: A practice parameter update
  Raymond G. Slavin, Sheldon L. Spector, I. Leonard Bernstein, Michael A. Kaliner, David W. Kennedy
  The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2005-12-01

Journal Articles

• Aspirin sensitivity syndrome (Samter's Triad): an unrecognized disorder in children with nasal polyposis  
  Chen BS, Virant FS, Parikh SR, Manning SC, International J Peds Otolaryngol, 1/1/2013
• Allergy testing in childhood: using allergen-specific IgE tests  
  Sicherer SH, Wood RA, Section on Allergy & Immunology (Virant FS), Pediatrics, 1/1/2012
• Effects of early nutritional interventions on the development of atopic disease in infants and children: The role of maternal dietary restriction, breastfeeding, timin...  
  Greer FR, Sicherer SH, Burks AW, Baker Jr. RD, Bhatia JJS, Daniels SR, Schneider MB, Silverstein J, Thomas DW, Williams PV, Welch MJ, Bahna SL, Chipps BE, Fasano MB, L..., Pediatrics, 1/1/2008
• Sinusitis in children  
  Virant FS, Pediatric Asthma Allergy Immunol, 1/1/2007
• Mild to moderate asthma affects lung growth in children and adolescents  
  Strunk RC, Weiss ST, Yates KP, Szefler SJ, CAMP Research Group (Virant FS), J Allergy Clin Immunol, 1/1/2006
• The diagnosis and management of sinusitis: A practice parameter update - Medical treatment: Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG)  
  Virant FS, J Allergy Clin Immunol, 1/1/2005
• The diagnosis and management of sinusitis: A practice parameter update - Predisposing factors: Ciliary dysfunction  
  Virant FS, J Allergy Clin Immunol, 1/1/2005
• The diagnosis and management of sinusitis: A practice parameter update - Predisposing factors: Cystic fibrosis  
  Virant FS, J Allergy Clin Immunol, 1/1/2005
• The diagnosis and management of sinusitis: A practice parameter update - Predisposing factors: Immunodeficiency  
  Virant FS, J Allergy Clin Immunol, 1/1/2005
• The diagnosis and management of sinusitis: A practice parameter update - Clinical diagnosis: Imaging studies  
  Virant FS, J Allergy Clin Immunol, 1/1/2005
• The diagnosis and management of sinusitis: A practice parameter update - Clinical diagnosis: Physical examination  
  Virant FS, J Allergy Clin Immunol, 1/1/2005
• The diagnosis and management of sinusitis: A practice parameter update - Clinical diagnosis: History  
  Virant FS, J Allergy Clin Immunol, 1/1/2005
• Hospitalization for asthma: atopic, pulmonary function, and psychological correlates among participants in the Childhood Asthma Management Program  
  Bacharier LB, Dawson C, Bloomberg GR , Childhood Asthma Management Program Research Group (Virant FS), Pediatrics, 1/1/2003
• Safety and tolerability of influenza virus vaccine, trivalent, types A & B, live, cold-adapted (CAIV-T) in children and adolescents with moderate to severe asthma  
  Redding G, Walker RE, Hessel G, Virant FS et al, Ped Infect Dis, 1/1/2002
• Therapeutic Interventions for Rhinosinusitis in Children  
  Virant FS, J Resp Dis Pediatrician, 1/1/2002
• How do they stack up in acute asthma care?  
  Virant FS: Nebulizers vs. MDIs, J Resp Dis Peds, 1/1/2001
• The prevalence of environmental exposure to perceived asthma triggers in children with mild-to-moderate asthma: Data from the Childhood Asthma Management Program (CAMP)  
  Weiss ST, Horner A, Shapiro G, Sternberg A, Childhood Asthma Management Program (CAMP) Research Group (Virant FS), J Allergy Clin Immunol, 1/1/2001
• House dust mite and cockroach exposure are strong risk factor for positive allergy skin test responses in the Childhood Asthma Management Program  
  Childhood Asthma Management Program Research Group (Virant FS), J of Allergy Clin Immunol, 1/1/2001
• Antihistamines as an adjunct to treatment of sinusitis in patients with allergic rhinitis (Clinical trial report)  
  Virant FS, Current Allergy Reports, 1/1/2001
• Hypertonic saline vs normal saline in treating chronic sinusitis (Clinical trial report)  
  Virant FS, Current Allergy Reports, 1/1/2001
• Nasal fluticasone: effects on inflammatory cells, adhesion molecules, and proinflammatory cytokine mRNA in nasal polyps (Clinical trial report)  
  Virant FS, Current Allergy Reports, 1/1/2001
• Nasal steroids as adjunct to antibiotics in the treatment of sinusitis (Clinical trial report)  
  Virant FS, Current Allergy Reports, 1/1/2001
• Sinusitis and asthma: associated airway diseases  
  Virant FS, Current Allergy Reports, 1/1/2001
• Allergic rhinitis  
  Virant FS, Rhinitis-Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America, 1/1/2000
• Long term effects of budesonide or nedocromil in children with asthma  
  Childhood Asthma Management Program Research Group (Virant FS), NEJM, 1/1/2000
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Books/Book Chapters

• American Academy of Pediatrics Textbook of Pediatric Care 
  Chapter: Allergic Rhinitis 
  Page 212 - 212Virant FSEditors: McInerny T, Adam HM, Campbell DE, Foy JM, Kamat, DM, DeWitt TG.American Academy of Pediatrics Press, Elk Grove Village, IL2015
• Sinusitis: From Microbiology to Management 
  Chapter: Sinusitis and Asthma 
  Page 291 - 304Virant FSEditors: Brook I.Taylor & Francis Group, New York, NY2006
• Allergy in Primary Care 
  Chapter: Sinusitis, otitis media and nasal polyps. 
  Page 128 - 138Virant FSEditors: Altmans LC, Becker JW, Williams PV.WB Saunders, Philadelphia, PA2000
• Allergic Diseases: Diagnosis and Treatment 
  Chapter: The Child with Asthma 
  Page 85 - 122Shapiro GG, Bierman CW, Virant FSEditors: Lieberman P, Anderson JA.Humana Press, Totowa, NJ2000
• Allergic Disease: A Primer for the Primary Care Physician 
  Chapter: Evaluation and treatment of the child with asthma. 
  Page 77 - 103Shapiro GG, Bierman CW, Virant FSEditors: Lieberman P, Anderson JA.Humana Press, Totowa, NJ1997
• Allergic and Respiratory Disease in Sports Medicine 
  Chapter: History of exercise-induced asthma and definition of the syndrome. 
  Page 65 - 80Virant FSEditors: Weiler JM.Marcel Dekker, New York, NY1997
• Advances in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 
  Chapter: Immunologic aspects of otolaryngic infections in infants and children. 
  Page 113 - 130Virant FS, Shapiro GGEditors: Myers EN, Bluestone CD.Mosby, Chicago, IL1997
• Allergic Diseases From Infancy to Adulthood 
  Chapter: Radio contrast, local anesthetic and latex reactions 
  Page 355 - 365Virant FSEditors: Bierman CW, Pearlman DS, Shapiro GG, Busse WW.WB Saunders, Philadelphia, PAEdition 3rd,1996
• Rhinology and Nasal Allergy Year Book 1996 
  Chapter: Journal of Rhinology Reviews 
  Virant FSEditors: Kennedy DW, Greenberger PA.Oceanside Publications, Providence, RI1996
• Bronchial Asthma: Principles of Diagnosis and Treatment 
  Chapter: Treatment of asthma in children 
  Page 273 - 298Virant FS, Shapiro GGEditors: Gershwin ME, Halpern GM.Humana Press, Totowa, NJ1994
• Current Pulmonology 
  Chapter: Sinusitis 
  Page 75 - 112Virant FS, Shapiro GGEditors: Tierney DF.Mosby-Year Book, St. Louis, MO1994
• Sinusitis - Pathophysiology and Treatment 
  Chapter: Medical management of sinusitis in children 
  Page 87 - 106Virant FS, Shapiro GGEditors: Druce HM.Marcel Dekker, New York, NY1993
• Allergic Inflammatory Mediators and Bronchial Hyperresponsiveness I - Immunol Allergy Clin North Amer 
  Chapter: The role of the neutrophil in the late phase asthmatic reaction and airway hyperreactivity 
  Page 283 - 283Virant FS, Bierman CWEditors: Bierman CW, Lee TH.WB Saunders, Philadelphia, PA1990
• Childhood Asthma 
  Chapter: Evaluation of the child with chronic cough and/or wheezing 
  Page 303 - 327Virant FS, Shapiro GGEditors: Tinkelman DG.Marcel Dekker, New York, NY1990
• Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases 
  Chapter: Interleukin 2 in Primary Immunodeficiency Syndromes 
  Page 173 - 179Virant FS, Ochs HD, Beatty PG, Wedgwood RJ:Editors: Eibl MM, Rosen RS.Elsevier Science, New York, NY1986
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Abstracts/Posters

• Aspirin sensitivity syndrome: an unrecognized disorder in children with nasal polyposis.
  Chen BS, Manning SC, Virant FS, Parikh SR, American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology/Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meeting, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2012
• Influenza vaccine administration in egg allergic children.
  Khan FS, Virant FS, Furukawa CT, Altman LC, Williams PV, Kennedy MS, Becker JW, Lasley MV, Weiss ME, Tilles SA, Tatum AJ, Walker JC, Tran TN, Naimi DR, Park, AY, Attaw..., American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, Orlando, FL, 1/1/2012
• Safety and tolerability of influenza virus vaccine, trivalent, types A&B, live, cold-adapted (CAIV-T) in children and adolescents with moderate to severe asthma.
  Redding G, Walder RE, Hessel C, Virant FS, Ayars GH, Bensch G, Cordova J, HolmesS, Mendelman PM, 4th Annual Conference on Vaccine Research, Arlington, VA, 1/1/2001
• A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial to assess safety and tolerability of influenza virus vaccine, trivalent, types A and B, live, cold-adapted (CAIV-T...
  Holmes SJ, Redding GJ, Ayars G, Bensch GW, Virant FS, Mendelman PM, Soc Pediatr Res, 1/1/1998
• Effect of EMLA on allergy skin tests.
  Shapiro GG, Soler JS, Bierman CW, Furukawa CT, Altman LC, Virant FS, Williams PV, Minotti DA, Kennedy MS, J Allergy Clin Immunol, 1/1/1994
• Characteristics of patients with idiopathic urticaria.
  Bierman CW, Virant FS, Altman LC, Williams PV, Shapiro GG, J Allergy Clin Immunol, 1/1/1994
• Terfenadine Modulation of Bronchial Hyper responsiveness.
  Bierman CW, Pierson WE, Shapiro GG, Sharpe M, Williams PV, Furukawa CT, Virant FS, Altman LC, Annual Conference of BSACI, Clin Exp Allergy, 1/1/1993
• Proventil repetabs vs placebo: effect on hyperosmolar challenge.
  Williams PV, Bierman CW, Pierson WE, Shapiro GG, Furukawa CT, Altman LC, Virant FS, Minotti DA, J Allergy Clin Immunol, 1/1/1993
• Evaluation of skin test titration for resuming immunotherapy.
  Shapiro GG, Soler J, Bierman CW, Furukawa CT, Virant FS, Williams PV, Minotti DA, J Allergy Clin Immunol, 1/1/1993
• Methacholine challenge: the use of repeat challenge in selected patients to clarify the diagnosis and to retrospectively analyze the predictive value of equivocal init...
  Virant FS, Williams PV, Bierman CW, Shapiro GG, Furukawa CT, Altman LC, Minotti DA, J Allergy Clin Immunol, 1/1/1993
• Allergic patients have more frequent sinus infections than nonallergic patients.
  Furukawa CT, Sharpe M, Bierman CW, Pierson WE, Shapiro GG, Altman LC, Virant FS, Williams PV, Minotti DA, J Allergy Clin Immunol, 1/1/1992
• IgE synthesis: the immunomodulatory effect of lymphokines in various patient populations.
  Zhu Q, Ochs HD, Virant FS, J Allergy Clin Immunol, 1/1/1992
• Terfenadine decreases exercise-induced asthma and aerosolized hypertonic saline bronchial challenge but not methacholine responsiveness.
  Bierman CW, Pierson WE, Shapiro GG, Sharpe M, Williams PV, Furukawa CT, Virant FS, Altman LC, J Allergy Clin Immunol, 1/1/1992
• Hyperosmolar saline and exercise challenge.
  Williams PV, Pierson WE, Shapiro GG, Furukawa, CT, Altman, LC, Virant FS, J Allergy Clin Immunol, 1/1/1991
• Nasal Cytology: Comparison of blow vs. scraping techniques.
  Virant FS, Bierman CW, Pierson WE, Shapiro GG, Furukawa, CT, Altman, LC, J Allergy Clin Immunol, 1/1/1991
• Intraoperative cardiovascular collapse due to latex allergy.
  Shapiro GG, Virant FS, Burns MW, Mayo MG, Mitchell MG, Nguyen D, J Allergy Clin Immunol, 1/1/1991
• Pulse oximetry in outpatients with asthma.
  Williams PW, Bierman CW, Pierson WE, Shapiro GG, Furukawa CT, Altman LC, Virant FS, J Allergy Clin Immunol, 1/1/1990
• Hyperosmolar saline challenge in children: relationship to methacholine, exercise challenge and therapy.
  Virant FS, Williams PV, Bierman CW, Pierson WE, Shapiro GG, Furukawa CT, Altman LC, J Allergy Clin Immunol, 1/1/1990
• Can the grass pollen season be predicted on the basis of tree pollen season?
  Furukawa CT, Amdall E, Pierson WE, Shapiro GG, Bierman CW, Virant FS, Altman LC, J Allergy Clin Immunol, 1/1/1990
• Double-blind evaluation of aerosolized triamcinolone vs. cromolyn for control of asthma in children and adolescents.
  Shapiro G, Bierman W, Pierson W, Furukawa C, Altman L, Virant FS, J Allergy Clin Immunol, 1/1/1990
• The effects of vasocon-A and its components using a model for ocular allergy.
  Vandewalker ML, Stricker WE, Welsh PW, Roberts CW, Virant FS, J Allergy Clin Immunol, 1/1/1990
• Ozone mediated injury of human nasal epithelium.
  Virant FS , Baker C, Koenig J, Marshall S, Williams P, McManus M, Luchtel D, Altman L, J Allergy Clin Immunol, 1/1/1989
• Immune defects in children with refractory sinusitis.
  Shapiro, GG, Bierman CW, Pierson WE, Furukawa CT, Altman LC, Virant FS, J Allergy Clin Immunol, 1/1/1989
• Hyperosmolar saline challenge in children.
  Sharpe M, Williams P, Bierman CW, Pierson WE, Shapiro, GG, Furukawa CT, Virant FS, J Allergy Clin Immunol, 1/1/1989
• ARV-associated lymphadenopathy: interleukin 2 (IL2) production and effects of exogenous IL2 on in vitro lymphocyte function.
  Virant FS, Ochs HD, Levy JA, Handsfield HH, Wedgwood RJ, FASEB, Anaheim, CA, 1/1/1985
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