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Delayed Hypersensitivity Skin Testing and Cildhood Cancer PDF
Delayed Hypersensitivity Skin Testing and Cildhood Cancer PDF
Short Communication
DELAYED-HYPERSENSITIVITY SKIN TESTING AND
CHILDHOOD CANCER
M. AIUNZAROVA, A. KUBIKOVA-KOURILOAI * AND V. KOLCOVA*
From the Research Institute of Clinical and Experimental Ontcology and
*Pediatric Resear-ch Institu te, Brno, Czechoslovakia
Received 20 November 1981
Correspondence to: Marta Munzarovai, Research Institute of Clinical and Experimental Oncology Zlut&
969
A
~~~A_
1
2
x2
+ ve
103
171
-ve
Cancer
Controls
13
29
total
116
200
Cancer
Controls
30
85
6
24
36
109
0 472
Cancer
Controls
73
86
7
5
80
91
0 * 691
0- 691
"Solid" tumours
Lymphoproliferative
neoplasms
"Solid" tumours
Lymphoproliferative
neoplasms
"Solid" tumours
Lymphoproliferative
neoplasms
x2 or P test
+ ve
70
33
-ve
12
1
total
82
34
25
5
5
1
30
6
0.612*
45
28
7
0
52
28
0 255*
( * 025
0. 044*
0 148
20-(19
970
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Immunological skin testing and interpretation:
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JASSEM, J. & SERKIES, K. (1980) Skin reactivity to