"Kveim Test" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Intradermal injection of a heated (pasteurized) saline suspension of sarcoid tissue obtained from a sarcoid spleen or lymph node. In patients with active sarcoidosis a dusky red nodule develops slowly over the next few weeks at the injection site. Histologic examination, an essential part of the complete test, reveals sarcoid tissue.
MeSH Number(s)
E01.370.225.812.871.300.540
E05.200.812.871.300.540
E05.478.594.890.300.540
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Kveim Test" by people in Profiles.
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Older sarcoidosis patients: experience of a medical center in Turkey. South Med J. 2004 May; 97(5):472-4.
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Sarcoidosis. An updated review. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1984 Jul; 11(1):1-19.