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Cutaneous Testing: Detection and Assessment of Allergy

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Patients often turn to dermatologists because of problems of skin allergy, either of an external origin (contact allergy) or associated with allergenic compounds intake (endogenous allergic reaction). Skin tests are also frequently used to confirm the allergic mechanism of noncutaneous diseases (asthma, conjonctivitis). Investigations apply mainly to either immediate IgE-mediated Gell and Coombs’type I allergy or delayed, cell mediated type IV allergy. The reading is also immediate or delayed, depending on the mechanism involved.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Besancon, 3 Boulevard Fleming, 25030, Cedex, Besançon, France

    Martine Vigan

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  1. Medecine Vasculaire Lab. Ingénierie et de Biologie Cutanées, CHU Besancon Service Dermatologie et, Besancon, France

    Philippe Humbert

  2. San Francisco, California, USA

    Howard Maibach

  3. Department of Dermatology, Saint Jacques University Hospital, Besançon, France

    Ferial Fanian

  4. Univ. Besançon Dépt. Dermatologie, Besançon, France

    Pierre Agache

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Vigan, M. (2015). Cutaneous Testing: Detection and Assessment of Allergy. In: Humbert, P., Maibach, H., Fanian, F., Agache, P. (eds) Agache’s Measuring the Skin. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26594-0_68-1

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