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Objective evaluation of immediate reading skin prick test applying image planimetric and reaction thermometry analyses
(2020-12-01)
The skin prick test is used to diagnose patients' sensitization to antigens through a mediated IgE response. It is a practical and quick exam, but its diagnosis depends on instruments for measuring the allergic response ...
Skin prick test wheal detection in 3D images via convolutional neural networks
(Cartagena de Indias, 2021-10-01)
The skin prick test (SPT) is performed to diagnose different types of allergies. This medical procedure requires measuring the size of the skin wheals that
appear when the test is performed. However, the manual measurement ...
Suppression of wheal and flare in histamine test by the main H1 antihistamines commercialized in Brazil
(2018-03-01)
Background: Several dermatoses are mediated by histamine, such as urticaria, angioedema, and papular urticaria. There are no Brazilian studies comparing the potency of antihistamines. Objectives: To evaluate the tolerability ...
Toward an automatic 3D measurement of skin wheals from skin prick tests
(SPIE, 2019)
The skin prick test (SPT) is the standard method for the diagnosis of allergies. It consists in placing an array of allergen drops on the skin of a patient, typically the volar forearm, and pricking them with a lancet to ...
Thyrotropin receptor gene expression in the association between chronic spontaneous urticaria and Hashimoto's thyroiditis
(2017-05-01)
Background: Chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) may be associated with autoimmune thyroid diseases, and the Autologous Serum Skin Test (ASST) is an autoreactivity marker. The thyrotropin (TSH) and TSH receptor (TSHR) could ...
Epidemiology of angioedema without wheals in an allergy and immunology centerEpidemiología del angioedema sin urticaria en un consultorio de alergia e inmunología
(Medicina (Buenos Aires), 2015-10)
Describimos la epidemiología, historia clínica, antecedentes familiares y respuesta al tratamiento de los pacientes consultando por angioedema sin urticaria en nuestra clínica especializada en Alergia e Inmunología. Revisamos ...
Robust automated reading of the skin prick test via 3D imaging and parametric surface fitting
(Public Library of Science, 2019)
The conventional reading of the skin prick test (SPT) for diagnosing allergies is prone to inter- and intra-observer variations. Drawing the contours of the skin wheals from the SPT and scanning them for computer processing ...
Urticária aquagênica familiar: relato de dois casos e revisão da literatura
(Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2009-10-01)
Aquagenic urticaria is a rare form of physical urticaria, characterized by pruritic wheals that appear following contact with water, independently of its temperature. There are few reports of cases of aquagenic urticaria, ...
The EAACI/GA(2)LEN/EDF/WAO Guideline for the definition, classification, diagnosis, and management of urticaria: the 2013 revision and update
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2014-07-01)
This guideline is the result of a systematic literature review using the 'Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation' (GRADE) methodology and a structured consensus conference held on 28 and 29 ...
Methods report on the development of the 2013 revision and update of the EAACI/GA(2)LEN/EDF/WAO guideline for the definition, classification, diagnosis, and management of urticaria
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2014-07-01)
This methods report describes the process of guideline development in detail. It is the result of a systematic literature review using the 'Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation' (GRADE) methodology ...