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Kveim' test
Also known as:
Kveim-Nickerson skin test
Nickerson-Kveim reaction
Associated persons:
Morten Ansgar Kveim
Walter J. Nickerson
Description:
Intra-cutaneous reaction for Boeck’s sarcoid using Kveim antigen. Results in formation of a granuloma in patients with Boeck’s sarcoide (also called Besnier-Boeck-Schaumann syndrome).
Bibliography:
- M. A. Kveim:
En ny og spesifikk kutan-reaksjon ved Boecks sarcoid. En foreløpig meddelelse.
Nordisk Medicin, Stockholm, 1941, 9: 169-172.
The Kveim test. Lancet, London, 1962/I: 1117-1119.
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