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Descriptor English:   Kveim Test 
Descriptor Spanish:   Prueba de Kveim 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Teste de Kveim 
Tree Number:   E01.370.225.812.871.300.540
E05.200.812.871.300.540
E05.478.594.890.300.540
Definition English:   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. 
Indexing Annotation English:   for diag of sarcoidosis
History Note English:   91(75); was see under SKIN TESTS 1975-90 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
AE adverse effects CL classification
CT contraindications EC economics
ES ethics HI history
IS instrumentation MT methods
MO mortality NU nursing
PX psychology ST standards
SN statistics & numerical data TD trends
UT utilization VE veterinary
Record Number:   22533 
Unique Identifier:   D007731 

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