RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Evaluation of the common conditions associated with eosinophilia.
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 305
OP 308
DO 10.1136/jcp.38.3.305
VO 38
IS 3
A1 Teo, C G
A1 Singh, M
A1 Ting, W C
A1 Ho, L C
A1 Ong, Y W
A1 Seet, L C
YR 1985
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/38/3/305.abstract
AB In an eosinophilic population of 47 boys of the same age, a large proportion (92%) were helminth infested or atopic, or both, compared with 36% of 36 controls. The methods used to detect these conditions were not costly or elaborate, except for the radioallergosorbent test, which was used to measure concentrations of circulating IgE antibodies to atopic allergens. It is suggested that an economical approach to detect helminthiasis and atopy in cases of eosinophilia is adopted using the methods employed here, with skin prick tests replacing the radioallergosorbent test.