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Hypersensitivity skin testing

Known as: Test, Skin, immunologic skin test, hypersensitivity skin test 
A preparation of an antigenic component of an infectious agent that is administered to a patient in order to determine whether previous exposure to… 
National Institutes of Health

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Administration, CutaneousAllergy testingIn vivo test of hypersensitivitySkin

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Immunologic TestsImmunology procedure

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Intradermal TestsPassive Cutaneous AnaphylaxisPatch TestsSkin prick test

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Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Standardization of Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus: assessment of potency and allergen content in ten coded extracts.
As part of the studies to establish an international reference preparation of Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus allergens, ten coded… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Local specific IgE production in nasal polyps associated with negative skin tests and serum RAST.
Eighteen of 24 patients undergoing nasal polypectomies demonstrated polyp fluid total IgE higher than corresponding serum values… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
HLA-DR3 associated genetic control of response to multiple skin tests with new tuberculins.
Multiple skin testing with mycobacterial antigenic preparations reveals distinct reaction patterns, which might be relevant to… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Production of a histamine-releasing lymphokine by antigen- or mitogen-stimulated human peripheral T cells.
Human peripheral blood leucocytes (PBL), cultured in the presence of mitogen or antigen, yielded supernatants which contained a… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Immune responses in paracoccidioidomycosis. A controlled study of 16 patients before and after treatment.
Serum electrophoresis patterns and various measures of specific and non-specific immune competence were determined in 16 patients… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Comparative serological and cutaneous reactivity of candidal cytoplasmic proteins and mannan separated by affinity for concanavalin A
Yeast-form Candida albicans cells were disrupted for 1.5 min in a Braun homogenizer and centrifuged at 100,000 X g. The… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Phagocyte function and cell-mediated immunity in systemic lupus erythematosus.
Lymphocyte, granulocyte, and macrophage function were studied simultaneously in 26 untreated patients with systemic lupus… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Asthma from psyllium in laxative manufacture.
Symptoms of asthma developed in three patients after exposure to psyllium powder, which was being used in the manufacture of a… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Phytohemagglutinin as a skin test for the evaluation of cellular immune competence in man.
Highly Cited
1961
Highly Cited
1961
The incidence of immediately reacting allergy skin tests in a "normal" adult population.
Excerpt The incidence of immediate wheal and flare skin reactions*among allergic and nonallergic individuals continues to evoke…