Test category · Specialty diagnostics
Dermatology
Looking at, sampling and testing the skin: dermoscopy, biopsy, allergy patch tests, fungal tests and light-based examinations.
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Canonical test concepts of this category that do not yet have their own page. They are listed so that the taxonomy is complete and searchable; a page is written only when it can meet the quality standard.
- Skin prick test (SPT) Examination
- Patch test Examination
- Fungal culture Microbiology
- KOH preparation · also: potassium hydroxide preparation, skin scraping for fungus Microbiology
- Dermoscopy · also: dermatoscopy Examination
- Wood lamp examination · also: Wood's light Examination
- Direct immunofluorescence (skin) (DIF) Pathology
- Phototesting · also: light testing Examination
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