Atopic allergy in Japanese subjects: Studies primarily with radioallergosorbent test

The end point of intracutaneous testing provides a good indication of the serum level of allergen-specific IgE, and the lowest concentration of anti-IgE producing a positive skin reaction did not, however, correlate well with the IgE level in the serum.

Abstract

MATERIAL AND METHOD Patients SerumSamples obtained from ench patient were lyophilized and sent to one of us (S. (+.0. J. ) by air mail for total IgE tletermination and for EiAST analysis using housc~ dusts ant1 mitca antigens.