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2. Allergy test - Wikipedia

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   Allergy testing can help confirm or rule out allergies and consequently reduce adverse reactions and limit unnecessary avoidance and medications. [1] [2]Correct allergy diagnosis, counseling and avoidance advice based on valid allergy test results is of utmost importance and can help reduce the incidence of symptoms, and the need for medications and improve quality of life. [2]

3. Test panel - Wikipedia

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   A test panel is a predetermined group of medical tests used in the diagnosis and treatment of disease.. Test panels (sometimes called profiles) are typically composed of individual laboratory tests which are related in some way: by the medical condition they are intended to help diagnose (cardiac risk panel), by the specimen type (complete blood count, CBC), by the tests most frequently ...

4. Skin allergy test - Wikipedia

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   The test is done to assess allergies to drugs like penicillin [5] or bee venom. Skin testing on back. To ensure that the skin is reacting in the way it is supposed to, all skin allergy tests are also performed with proven allergens like histamine, and non-allergens like glycerin. The majority of people do react to histamine and do not react to ...

5. Allergy - Wikipedia

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   [109] [110] Correct diagnosis, counseling, and avoidance advice based on valid allergy test results reduce the incidence of symptoms and need for medications, and improve quality of life. [109] To assess the presence of allergen-specific IgE antibodies, two different methods can be used: a skin prick test, or an allergy blood test. Both methods ...

6. Radioallergosorbent test - Wikipedia

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   The RAST is a radioimmunoassay test to detect specific IgE antibodies to suspected or known allergens for the purpose of guiding a diagnosis about allergy. [10] [11] IgE is the antibody associated with Type I allergic response: for example, if a person exhibits a high level of IgE directed against pollen, the test may indicate the person is allergic to pollen (or pollen-like) proteins.

7. Cross-reactive carbohydrate determinants - Wikipedia

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   When in 1981 Rob Aalberse from the University of Amsterdam noticed the enormous cross-reactivity of some patients´ sera against virtually any plant and even insects, notably, insect venoms, [1] it took ten years to arrive at a possible structural explanation of this phenomenon. 1991, Japanese researchers determined the structure of the epitope common to horseradish peroxidase and Drosophila ...