Atopic skin test re-evaluated. VIII. Decrease in skin sensitivity of hay fever patients due to desensitization.
Desensitization with aqueous grass-pollen extracts led to a considerable decrease in skin reactivity (by a factor of 50). This decrease proved not to be specific for the grass-pollen species used.
D003888:Desensitization, Immunologic; D004306:Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic; D006801:Humans; D006969:Hypersensitivity, Immediate / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000276:immunology; D006109:Poaceae / Q000276:immunology; D011058:Pollen / Q000276:immunology; D006255:Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012882:Skin Tests; D013045:Species Specificity