Comparison of five techniques of skin prick tests used routinely in Europe

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1415-1419

  Masse, M S ^a   Granger Vallee A ^b   Chiriac, A ^a   Dhivert Donnadieu, H ^a   Bousquet Rouanet, L ^a   Bousquet, P J ^a   Demoly, P ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^b LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

aeroallergens; device; diagnosis; lancet; sensitization; skin prick tests

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EUROPE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEEDLE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLERGENS; CHILD; EUROPE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SKIN TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053991325     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2011.02679.x     Document Type: Article

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