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  2. Patch test - Wikipedia

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    A patch test relies on the principle of a type IV hypersensitivity reaction.. The first step in becoming allergic is sensitization. When skin is exposed to an allergen, the antigen-presenting cells (APCs) – also known as Langerhans cell or Dermal Dendritic Cell – phagocytize the substance, break it down to smaller components and present them on their surface bound major histocompatibility ...

  3. Patch test (finite elements) - Wikipedia

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    A broader definition of patch test (applicable to any numerical method, including and beyond finite elements) is any test problem having an exact solution that can, in principle, be exactly reproduced by the numerical approximation. Therefore, a finite-element simulation that uses linear shape functions has patch tests for which the exact ...

  4. Mantoux test - Wikipedia

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    The test was first developed and described by the German physician Felix Mendel in 1908. [2] It is named after Charles Mantoux, a French physician who built on the work of Koch and Clemens von Pirquet to create his test in 1907. However, the test was unreliable due to impurities in tuberculin which tended to cause false results. [3]

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    For those truly addicted to smoking, the frustrations of quitting go well beyond mental fortitude. Now, scientists say a strategy based on how your body breaks down nicotine might be the best way ...

  6. Thiomersal - Wikipedia

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    Patch test. Thiomersal is used in patch testing for people who have dermatitis, conjunctivitis, and other potentially allergic reactions. A 2007 study in Norway found that 1.9% of adults had a positive patch test reaction to thiomersal; [29] a higher prevalence of contact allergy (up to 6.6%) was observed in German populations. [30]

  7. Allergy - Wikipedia

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    Patch test. Patch testing is a method used to determine if a specific substance causes allergic inflammation of the skin. It tests for delayed reactions. It is used to help ascertain the cause of skin contact allergy or contact dermatitis. Adhesive patches, usually treated with several common allergic chemicals or skin sensitizers, are applied ...

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