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100 years of ‘Allergy’: can von Pirquet's word be rescued?

2006; Wiley; Volume: 36; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1365-2222.2006.02491.x

ISSN

1365-2222

Autores

A.B. Kay,

Tópico(s)

Dermatology and Skin Diseases

Resumo

Summary It is 100 years since Clemens von Pirquet wrote his classic paper introducing the term 'allergy'. Although the word is no longer used in the way he intended, his concept of 'changed reactivity' laid the foundation for the modern science of immunology.

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