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Allergy 1962

JACK R. ANDERSON, MD

Arch Otolaryngol. 1963;78(1):106-109.

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Probably the most significant development in the field of allergy during 1962 was the growing appreciation of the function of the thymus gland in immunity.¹ Indications are that it is the parent organ of lymphocytes, and the individual's pattern of immune response is established during their development; once developed and immunologically differentiated they migrate to the lymph nodes, spleen, etc, where they continue to proliferate throughout life. The clinical implications of these findings will surely become apparent as time passes.

Another exciting development was the report by Shelley² that immediate allergic hypersensitivity can be detected in both patients and sensitized animals by means of degranulation of basophils. The test consists in exposing fresh heparinized blood drawn from the patient to a given antigen for 15 minutes in a test tube. Basophils are then concentrated by liquid fixation and filtration, stained with toluidine blue, and examined for the degree . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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NEW ORLEANS

Footnotes
Received for publication April 17, 196[ill].

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