Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques, and Equipment

Kveim Test

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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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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  • Test, Kveim

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Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, classification, economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, methods, mortality, nursing, psychology, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends, veterinary.

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91(75); was see under SKIN TESTS 1975-90

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  1. E01w.370.225.812.871w.300.540w
  2. E05.200.812.871w.300.540w
  3. E05.478.594.890w.300.540w

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Kveim Test. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007731. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007731
  2. Kveim Test. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kveim_test
  3. Kveim Test. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6449673