Skin prick tests and specific IgE in 10-year-old children: Agreement and association with allergic diseases.

Amandine Divaret-ChauveauM-L DalphinF MaunyV KaulekE Schmausser-HechfellnerH RenzJ RiedlerJ PekkanenA M KarvonenR LauenerC RoduitD A VuittonE von MutiusJ-C Dalphinnull null

Published in: Allergy (2017)

Skin prick test and sIgE display moderate agreement, but have a similar AUC for allergic diseases. At the cutoff value of 3 mm for SPT and 0.35 IU/mL for sIgE, SPT has a higher specificity for asthma and hay fever than sIgE without difference for sensitivity.

Keyphrases

allergic rhinitis
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