Open AccessThe oral and skin pathergy test
Author(s) -
FionaF Sequeira,
Deepak Daryani
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of dermatology venereology and leprology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.514
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 0973-3922
pISSN - 0378-6323
DOI - 10.4103/0378-6323.82399
Subject(s) - pathergy , dermatology , medicine , test (biology) , biology , pathology , behcet's disease , disease , paleontology
Pathergy phenomenon is defined as a state of altered tissue reactivity that occurs in response to minor trauma. Pathergy test (PT) is an easy to perform skin test to look for the pathergy phenomenon. This test is used as a criterion in most diagnostic criteria for Behcet’s disease e.g., Dilsen criteria, Japan revised criteria, International criteria, Iran traditional format criteria, and the Classification Tree.
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