Diagnosing Environmental Allergies: Comparison of Skin-Prick, Intradermal, and Serum Specific Immunoglobulin E Testing
Background Allergists commonly perform intradermal skin testing (IDST) after negative skin-prick testing (SPT) to comprehensively diagnose environmental allergic sensitization. However, with the availability of modern methods to detect serum-specific immunoglobulin E (ssIgE), it is unclear if ssIgE...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2017-06-01
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Series: | Allergy & Rhinology |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.2500/ar.2017.8.0194 |