Kveim test
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Kveim test
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The Kveim test, Nickerson-Kveim or Kveim-Siltzbach test is a skin test used to detect sarcoidosis, where part of a spleen from a patient with known sarcoidosis is injected into the skin of a patient suspected to have the disease. If non caseating granulomas are found, the test is positive. If the patient has been on treatment, the test may return a false negative result. The test is not commonly performed, and in the UK no substrate has been available since 1996. There is a concern that certain
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