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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… 
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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
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Cytokines and lymphocyte proliferation in juvenile and adult forms of paracoccidioidomycosis: comparison with infected and non-infected controls.
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Engineering of the major house dust mite allergen Der f 2 for allergen-specific immunotherapy
A major problem with allergen-specific immunotherapy involving repeated injections of allergens is the risk of an anaphylactic… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Genetic and environmental factors affecting the development of atopy through age 4 in children of atopic parents: a prospective randomized study of food allergen avoidance
The effect of food allergen avoidance, as well as other environmental and genetic factors, on the development of atopy were… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Controlled field trials of a vaccine against New World cutaneous leishmaniasis.
Two controlled, double blind field trials of a non-living promastigote vaccine against New World Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (NWCL… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Changes in T-lymphocyte subpopulations after antigenic bronchial provocation in asthmatics.
To determine whether inhaled agents can alter T-cell subsets in the peripheral blood of patients with bronchial asthma, we tested… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Cockroach cause of allergic asthma. Its specificity and immunologic profile.
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Serum IgE and IgG antibody activity against Aspergillus fumigatus as a diagnostic aid in allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis.
Serum IgE and IgG antibody activity against Aspergillus fumigatus was measured in 3 groups of subjects by 2 different immunologic… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Measurement of the potency of allergy extracts by their inhibitory capacities in the radioallergosorbent test.
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Allergy to insect stings. I. Diagnosis of IgE-mediated hymenoptera sensitivity by venom-induced histamine release.
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
SUPPRESSED CELL‐MEDIATED IMMUNITY IN TWO ADULTS WITH ATOPIC DERMATITIS
Summary.— Tests of immune function over a 12‐month period in a young woman and a young man with life‐long atopic dermatitis… 
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