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Comparison of CLA with BPT, SPT, and RAST in children with asthma
J P Nielsen1, P A Ostergaard, R I Harris
1Children's Allergy Clinic, Department of Pediatrics, Aalborg Hospital, Denmark.
Allergy
|February 1, 1992
Abstract:
Bronchial provocation tests (BPT) with allergen extracts were performed in 82 children with asthma, and the results were compared with the chemiluminescent assay (CLA), the radio-allergo-sorbent-test (RAST) and skin prick test (SPT). It was found that CLA matched BPT with a concordance of 87% (77-93%), RAST with a concordance of 74% (64-83%) and SPT with 80% (70-88%). Most often, CLA and RAST gave similar results, although their classes did not match precisely.