title: A double blind, randomized, controlled investigation of electrodermal testing in the diagnosis of allergies.
abstract: This investigation evaluates electrodermal (ED) testing in 41 polysymptomatic allergic patients. Electrodermal testing discriminated correctly 82% of the time between house dust mite and histamine (allergens) and saline or water (nonallergens) in our first study group involving 17 patients (p = 0.007). The second study involved 24 patients and used the same double-blind methodology discriminating 96% of the time between allergic and nonallergic substances (p = 0.000002). We conclude that ED testing is a reliable method of differentiating between allergic and nonallergic substances in the context of our study.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Medicine, Southampton General Hospital, England.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Krop
authors.forename: G T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Lewith
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gziut
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Radulescu
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D005712:Galvanic Skin Response; D006632:Histamine / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008925:Mites / Q000276:immunology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
chemical_list: D006632:Histamine