Faster, simpler skin-prick testing [4]

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 695-696

  Dundas, I ^a   Chan, Ey ^a   McKenzie, S A ^a  

^a BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ASTHMA; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; TECHNIQUE; URTICARIA; VALIDATION PROCESS; WHEEZING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRACUTANEOUS TEST;

ADULT; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INTRADERMAL TESTS;

EID: 33644861390     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2005.00764_4.x     Document Type: Letter

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