Skin scrape test: An inexpensive and painless skin test for recognition of immediate hypersensitivity in children and adults

Open Allergy Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 9-17

  Olivier, Celso Eduardo ^a,b   Argentão, Daiana Guedes Pinto ^b   dos Santos, Raquel Acácia Pereira Gonçalves ^b   da Silva, Mariana Dias ^b   Lima, Regiane Patussi Santos ^b   de Lima Zollner, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Instituto Alergoimuno de Americana   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis (medline id d003876); Child (medline id d002648); Dermatophagoides antigens (medline id d039741); Diagnosis (medline id d003933); Immediate hypersensitivity (medline id d006969); Rhinitis (medline id d01222; Skin test (medline id d012882)

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN SCRAPE TEST; SKIN SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST;

EID: 84879148828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18748384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874838401306010009     Document Type: Article

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