Abstract
In a number of clinical situations in vitro laboratory tests are supplemented, or even replaced, by diagnostic skin tests. Here the antigen under investigation is injected into a patient’s skin and the subsequent reaction provides diagnostic information. Intradermal injection of antigen can, in sensitised patients, elicit different forms of immune reactions, each with characteristic features. These reactions, and the time intervals between them, are shown in table I. In some circumstances more than one type of reaction can occur concurrently.
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Wilson, J.D., Simpson, S.I. (1980). Skin Tests. In: Diagnostic Immunology and Serology: A Clinicians’ Guide. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-1126-1_14
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