The skin prick test: "More than meets the eye"

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 587-588

  Bernstein, David I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CHYMOPAPAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; PROSTAGLANDIN D2;

ALLERGY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NEEDLE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SKIN TEST; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 3242770699     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)61422-6     Document Type: Editorial

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