National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

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Preferred Name

Skin Test
Synonyms

Skin Test

skin test
Definitions

A preparation of an antigenic component of an infectious agent that is administered to a patient in order to determine whether previous exposure to the agent has occurred, and/or to assess the integrity of the patient's cellular immune system. Depending on the clinical situation, the appearance of a delayed (cellular) hypersensitivity response, which manifests as an area of induration and erythema at the injection site, i.e. a positive test result, may indicate previous exposure to a particular infectious agent. (NCI04)
ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C17137
ALT_DEFINITION

A test for an immune response to a compound by placing it on or under the skin.
code

C17137
Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C142799

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C116977
Contributing_Source

CTRP
DEFINITION

A preparation of an antigenic component of an infectious agent that is administered to a patient in order to determine whether previous exposure to the agent has occurred, and/or to assess the integrity of the patient's cellular immune system. Depending on the clinical situation, the appearance of a delayed (cellular) hypersensitivity response, which manifests as an area of induration and erythema at the injection site, i.e. a positive test result, may indicate previous exposure to a particular infectious agent. (NCI04)
Display_Name

Skin Test
FULL_SYN

Skin Test

skin test
label

Skin Test
Legacy Concept Name

Skin_Test
Preferred_Name

Skin Test
prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C17137
Semantic_Type

Diagnostic Procedure
UMLS_CUI

C0037296
subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C18020
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