Are allergen batch differences and the use of double skin prick test important?

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Thomsen, Gert F ^a   Schlünssen, Vivi ^b,c   Skadhauge, Lars R ^a,d   Malling, Tine Halsen ^e   Sherson, David L ^f   Omland, Øyvind ^e   Sigsgaard, Torben ^b  

^a ESBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aeroallergens; Population based study; Rhinitis; Skin prick test; Validity

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; DRUG; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRICK TEST; RHINITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN PRICK TEST; SKIN SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; URTICARIA; ALTERNARIA; ANIMAL; ARTEMISIA; BIRCH; CAT; CLADOSPORIUM; DANDER; DOG; FUNGUS; HORSE; POACEAE; POLLEN; PYROGLYPHIDAE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC; STANDARDS;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; ALTERNARIA; ANIMALS; ARTEMISIA; BETULA; CATS; CLADOSPORIUM; DANDER; DOGS; FEMALE; FUNGI; HORSES; HUMANS; MALE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PLANT EXTRACTS; POACEAE; POLLEN; PYROGLYPHIDAE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 84927702569     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12890-015-0021-3     Document Type: Article

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