skin+antigen

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• Skin allergy test — Skin allergy testing is a method for medical diagnosis of allergies that attempts to provoke a small, controlled, allergic response. A microscopic amount of an allergen is introduced to a patient s skin by various means:* by pricking the skin… …   Wikipedia

• skin test — n a test (as a scratch test or a tuberculin test) for an allergic or immune response to a substance that is performed by administering the substance to or through the skin and is used esp. in detecting allergic hypersensitivity * * * any test in… …   Medical dictionary

• skin disease — ▪ pathology Introduction  any of the diseases or disorders that affect the human skin. They have a wide range of causes. General features       Although most diseases affecting the skin originate in the layers of the skin, such abnormalities are… …   Universalium

• Antigen — Each antibody binds to a specific antigen; an interaction similar to a lock and key. An antigen is a foreign molecule that, when introduced into the body, triggers the production of an antibody by the immune system. The immune system will then… …   Wikipedia

• Antigen-presenting cell — An antigen presenting cell (APC) or accessory cell is a cell that displays foreign antigen complexed with MHC on its surface. T cells may recognize this complex using their T cell receptor (TCR). Types APCs fall into two categories: professional… …   Wikipedia

• skin test antigen — the antigen used in a skin test (see under test) …   Medical dictionary

• antigen presenting cell — A cell that carries on its surface antigen bound to MCH Class I or Class II molecules, and presents the antigen in this context to T cells. Includes macrophages, endothelium, dendritic cells and Langerhans cells of the skin. See also MHC… …   Dictionary of molecular biology

• antigen — Any substance that, as a result of coming in contact with appropriate cells, induces a state of sensitivity and/or immune responsiveness after a latent period (days to weeks) and that reacts in a demonstrable way with antibodies and/or immune… …   Medical dictionary

• skin reactive factor — (SRF) a lymphokine derived from antigen stimulated lymphocytes that augments delayed hypersensitivity skin reaction, increasing capillary permeability and infiltration of monocytes; perhaps a mixture of other lymphokines …   Medical dictionary

• mumps skin test antigen — [USP] preparation of killed mumps virus, used in the mumps skin test (q.v.) …   Medical dictionary

• mumps skin test — (for immunity to mumps) an intradermal test formerly widely used to determine previous exposure to mumps virus; killed virus (mumps skin test antigen) is injected intradermally; a positive response is development of tuberculin type delayed… …   Medical dictionary