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  1. Food Allergy Testing: MedlinePlus Medical Test 
    https://medlineplus.gov/lab-tests/food-allergy-testing
    ... signs of allergy. Other names: IgE test, sIgE test, allergen-specific IgE in serum, skin prick test (SPT), oral challenge test What is it used ... food protein may be tested. An allergy blood test measures immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibodies in your blood. Your immune system makes ...
  2. Measuring serum specific immunoglobulin E (IgE) - Drug Allergy - NCBI Bookshelf 
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK274150
    ... are used as example costs: the cost per allergen-specific IgE test is £14.30. It is noted that this ... Do not use blood testing for serum specific immunoglobulin E (IgE) to diagnose drug allergy ... sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative ...
  3. List of Excluded Articles - The Role of Immunotherapy in the Treatment of Asthma - NCBI Bookshelf 
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK513526
    ... YW, et al. Different responses in induction of allergen specific immunoglobulin G4 and IgE-blocking factors for three mite subcutaneous immunotherapy products. ...
  4. Food allergies: Learn More – Food allergies: Diagnosis and treatment - InformedHealth.org - NCBI Bookshelf 
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK447115
    ... whether your body has produced certain antibodies (particularly IgE antibodies) to specific foods. In a skin prick test, solutions of potential food allergens are put on ...
  5. Excluded studies - Food Allergy in Children and Young People - NCBI Bookshelf 
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK82182
    ... AW, Oranje AP, Vermeulen AM, Aarsen RS. IgE antibody screening in children. Evaluation of the Phadiatop Paediatric. Allergy. 1991; 46 (3):180–185. Ref ID: 1906. [ PubMed : 2058812 ] EXC-Comparison of different IgE tests Amat PP, Sanosa VJ, Lluch PM, Malet CA, ...
  6. Overview: Allergies - InformedHealth.org - NCBI Bookshelf 
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK447112
    ... allergic to them. The immune system produces antibodies (IgE antibodies) to fight these substances because it thinks they’ ... it may be necessary to do a blood test that is sent to a lab to find antibodies to certain allergens: for example, if testing the ...