Fine-tuning the use of a skin prick test device

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KAHVECİ M., KARABULUT E., Soyer Ö., ŞAHİNER Ü. M., Buyuktiryaki B., ŞEKEREL B. E.

WORLD ALLERGY ORGANIZATION JOURNAL, vol.13, no.5, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 13 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.waojou.2020.100122
  • Journal Name: WORLD ALLERGY ORGANIZATION JOURNAL
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, EMBASE, Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Keywords: Acceptability, Lancet, Oryum, Reproducibility, Sensitivity, Skin prick test, Specificity, Technique
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: Skin prick tests (SPTs) are the gold standard for the diagnosis of IgE-mediated allergic diseases. Newly introduced devices have different results in performance. This study aimed to provide data for sensitivity, reproducibility, and acceptability of a new SPT device by using different techniques.