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Selection criteria were adult patients with <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AR<\/jats:styled-content>, clinically diagnosed at least 2\u00a0years before, with a total nasal symptom score (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TNSS<\/jats:styled-content>) \u22655, not receiving either antihistamines within the previous week or nasal corticosteroids during the 2 previous weeks. Disease severity using both original Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (o\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ARIA<\/jats:styled-content>) and modified (m\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ARIA<\/jats:styled-content>) classifications, nasal symptoms, and Quality of Life (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ESPRINT<\/jats:styled-content>\u201015), were measured at baseline and after 4\u00a0weeks of treatment.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Among the recruited <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AR<\/jats:styled-content> patients (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0707, 58% women), 39.3% were intermittent and 60.7% persistent, 40.2% had asthma and 61.4% conjunctivitis. Most patients were treated with second generation antihistamines in monotherapy (63.2%) or in combination with intranasal corticosteroids (31.5%). While using o\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ARIA<\/jats:styled-content>, 96.9% of patients had \u2018moderate\/severe\u2019 <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AR<\/jats:styled-content>, the m\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ARIA<\/jats:styled-content> discriminated between \u2018moderate\u2019 (55.4%) and severe (41.5%) <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AR<\/jats:styled-content>, at baseline. After 4\u00a0weeks of treatment, improvement was found on disease severity (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.0001), <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TNSS<\/jats:styled-content> (8.2\u00a0\u00b1\u00a01.8 vs. 3.5\u00a0\u00b1\u00a02.3, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.0001) and Quality of Life (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ESPRINT<\/jats:styled-content>\u201015 global score: 3.0\u00a0\u00b1\u00a01.2 vs. 1.1\u00a0\u00b1\u00a01.0, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.0001).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Specialist\u2010based treatment reduces <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AR<\/jats:styled-content> severity, evaluated using the m\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ARIA<\/jats:styled-content> classification for the first time, in addition to the improvement of nasal symptoms and quality of life.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Clinical relevance<\/jats:title><jats:p>Specialist\u2010based treatment improves <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AR<\/jats:styled-content> severity, in addition to nasal symptoms and quality of life. 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