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TEST PROVOCATION [3 records]

Record 1 2010-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
CONT

Sheehans Syndrome: In Vivo Diagnosis with the Use of Computerized Axial Tomography and Pituitary Provocative Testing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
DEF

A method of testing the sensitivity of an individual to a hormone, allergen, or other substance by administering a sample.

OBS

To challenge the person's sensitivity to a particular antigen, a small amount may be injected to determine whether the immune system will react by producing appropriate antibodies.

Key term(s)
  • provocative challenge
  • challenge test

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie
DEF

Test qui consiste à essayer de déclencher les symptômes dont se plaint l'allergique (crise d'asthme ou de rhinite) en l'exposant volontairement à l'allergène supposé responsable.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inmunología
OBS

[...] la exposición deliberada [...] a un agente infeccioso.

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Record 3 1998-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
DEF

Any procedure in which a suspected pathophysiological abnormality is deliberately induced by manipulating conditions known to provoke the abnormality.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
CONT

Test de provocation à l'aspirine par voie orale ou bronchique.

Spanish

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