"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.
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D007731
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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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Irwin RS, Corrao WM. Sarcoidosis. Prim Care. 1978 Sep; 5(3):447-64.