Are our impressions of allergy test performances correct?

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 26-33

  Williams, P Brock ^a,f   Ahlstedt, Staffan ^b,c   Barnes, James H ^d   Söderström, Lars ^c   Portnoy, Jay ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD;

EID: 0042366187     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1081-1206(10)62054-6     Document Type: Article

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