title: On the correlation between rast and the allergy intradermal test.
abstract: RAST and intradermal testing correlated reasonably well for untreated patients for ragweed and molds and in treated patients for trees. Capillary blood was found to be comparable to venous blood as a source for RAST for ragweed and mixed grasses.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002196:Capillaries; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007223:Infant; D007428:Intradermal Tests; D008297:Male; D011852:Radioallergosorbent Test; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D012882:Skin Tests; D014680:Veins