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EVALUATION OF RAST IN ATOPIC DERMATITIS
Author(s) -
Takahashi Isamu,
Akiyama Tomio,
Yamaura Hideaki,
Sasaoka Kazuo,
Anan Sadao
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1977.tb00991.x
Subject(s) - atopic dermatitis , dermatology , medicine
Eighty‐two patients with atopic dermatitis were examined for specific IgE antibodies by RAST. A higher number of positive RAST reactions were found in patients with high serum IgE values and with coexisting asthma and/or allergic rhinitis. Positive RAST reactions against mite and house dust were found in many of these patients and even in about one‐half of patients with atopic dermatitis only. The comparisons between intradermal tests and RAST were made with various allergens and the mite extract showed the best agreement between these two tests.