Open AccessAutologous serum skin test in children
Author(s) -
Kiran Godse
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
indian journal of dermatology/indian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1998-3611
pISSN - 0019-5154
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5154.39576
Subject(s) - medicine , autoantibody , saline , test (biology) , skin test , dermatology , pediatrics , immunology , antibody , pathology , paleontology , biology , tuberculosis
Chronic urticaria in children occurs less often than adults. Out of 17 children (age group 6-16 years, Table 2), six children (2 boys and 4 girls, 35%) showed a positive result in form of wheal and flare more than 1.5 mm than saline control. Autologous serum skin test is cheap, is easy to perform, and, if performed as appropriate, it has good sensitivity and even better specificity at detecting autoantibodies in children.