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Rast

An archaic Norwegian unit of length approximately equivalent to nine kilometers.
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They are from a 4-year-old girl with negative results for a radioallergosorbent test (BAST) for pollen, from a 6-yearold boy with an acute mycoplasma infection, and from a 17-year-old girl with a growth problem.
Free triiodothyronine concentration in serum of 1050 euthyroid children is inversely related to their age
Most of the common allergens to inhalants may be diagnosed using commercial allergy skin tests or the ImmunoCAP radioallergosorbent test (RAST), but specific diagnoses of novel or unique allergies previously unrecognised may be performed at specialist allergy centres with facilities for titrated skin-prick testing with fresh extracts, or using Western blotting or the basophil histamine release test in the laboratory.
Common indoor and outdoor aero-allergens in South Africa: identification of the allergen that is responsible for symptoms is the key to the management of the allergic patient
One of the earliest was the radioallergosorbent test (RAST), which involved the placement of a radioactive label on an anti-IgE antibody.
A comparison of skin endpoint titration and skin-prick testing in the diagnosis of allergic rhinitis
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