Comparison of Multi-Test II® skin prick testing to intradermal dilutional testing

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 536-544

  Simons, Jeffrey P ^a,b   Rubinstein, Elaine N ^a,c   Kogut, Valerie J ^a,b   Melfi, Patricia J ^a,b   Ferguson, Berrylin J ^a,b,d  

^a Univ of Pittsburgh Sch of Medicine ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIGEN;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ALLERGY TEST; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; INTRACUTANEOUS TEST; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; REVIEW; RHINOSINUSITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TEST;

EID: 2442700336     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2004.02.005     Document Type: Article

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