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The skin prick test – European standards

Overview of attention for article published in Clinical and Translational Allergy, February 2013
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Title
The skin prick test – European standards
Published in
Clinical and Translational Allergy, February 2013
DOI 10.1186/2045-7022-3-3
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Authors

Lucie Heinzerling, Adriano Mari, Karl-Christian Bergmann, Megon Bresciani, Guido Burbach, Ulf Darsow, Stephen Durham, Wytske Fokkens, Mark Gjomarkaj, Tari Haahtela, Ana Todo Bom, Stefan Wöhrl, Howard Maibach, Richard Lockey

Abstract

Skin prick testing is an essential test procedure to confirm sensitization in IgE-mediated allergic disease in subjects with rhinoconjunctivitis, asthma, urticaria, anapylaxis, atopic eczema and food and drug allergy. This manuscript reviews the available evidence including Medline and Embase searches, abstracts of international allergy meetings and position papers from the world allergy literature. The recommended method of prick testing includes the appropriate use of specific allergen extracts, positive and negative controls, interpretation of the tests after 15 - 20 minutes of application, with a positive result defined as a wheal ≥3 mm diameter. A standard prick test panel for Europe for inhalants is proposed and includes hazel (Corylus avellana), alder (Alnus incana), birch (Betula alba), plane (Platanus vulgaris), cypress (Cupressus sempervirens), grass mix (Poa pratensis, Dactilis glomerata, Lolium perenne, Phleum pratense, Festuca pratensis, Helictotrichon pretense), Olive (Olea europaea), mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris), ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia), Alternaria alternata (tenuis), Cladosporium herbarum, Aspergillus fumigatus, Parietaria, cat, dog, Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, Dermatophagoides farinae, and cockroach (Blatella germanica). Standardization of the skin test procedures and standard panels for different geographic locations are encouraged worldwide to permit better comparisons for diagnostic, clinical and research purposes.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Italy 2 <1%
United States 2 <1%
Netherlands 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Sweden 1 <1%
Finland 1 <1%
Austria 1 <1%
Mexico 1 <1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Other 2 <1%
Unknown 983 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 186 19%
Student > Master 110 11%
Researcher 79 8%
Other 74 7%
Student > Ph. D. Student 73 7%
Other 194 19%
Unknown 280 28%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 364 37%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 66 7%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 62 6%
Immunology and Microbiology 42 4%
Nursing and Health Professions 42 4%
Other 116 12%
Unknown 304 31%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 28. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 September 2022.
All research outputs
#1,382,763
of 25,373,627 outputs
Outputs from Clinical and Translational Allergy
#43
of 756 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#12,406
of 291,207 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Clinical and Translational Allergy
#2
of 8 outputs
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