The Kmif (Kveim-induced macrophage migration inhibition factor) test in sarcoidosis
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- 1 November 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Clinical Pathology
- Vol. 25 (11) , 951-954
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jcp.25.11.951
Abstract
Circulating lymphocytes from 30 patients with sarcoidosis when stimulatedin vitrowith Kveim-induced macrophage migration factor, the Kmif test, produced a guinea-pig macrophage migration inhibition factor in 21 of 30 cases (70%). In those patients not on steroids the results showed a good correlation with the cutaneous Kveim test. One positive test was found in 16 normal subjects. Our results suggest that the Kmif test may prove a useful rapid alternative to the Kveim test.Keywords
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