PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
ED  - ,
TI  - Skin tests in asthma and rhinitis
AID  - 10.1136/dtb.17.19.73
DP  - 1979 Sep 14
TA  - Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin
PG  - 73--74
VI  - 17
IP  - 19
4099  - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/17/19/73.short
4100  - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/17/19/73.full
SO  - Drug Ther Bull1979 Sep 14; 17
AB  - A topic individuals are those who develop an allergic reaction on exposure to certain foreign substances, allergens. For each individual these allergens are specific. They can act in minute concentration to cause common diseases such as allergic asthma and allergic rhinitis. Skin testing can identify atopic individuals, but it cannot be relied on to indicate the allergens causing respiratory symptoms. Skin tests may be positive for allergens which are not causing symptoms (for example, house dust and grass pollens) and occasionally negative for those which do.