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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Kveim Test
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Prueba de Kveim
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Teste de Kveim
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Synonyms English:
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Test, Kveim
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Tree Number:
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E01.370.225.812.871.300.540
E05.200.812.871.300.540
E05.478.594.890.300.540
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Definition English:
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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. |
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History Note English:
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91(75); was see under SKIN TESTS 1975-90
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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22533
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Unique Identifier:
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D007731
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Similar:
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DeCS
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