Skin window technique

Skin window technique

The skin window technique is a technique used in immunology where the top layer of skin is scraped off making it possible to identify the immune response that would occur with a diminished physical barrier in the host, and observe mobilization of leukocytes.cite web |url=http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?Rebuck+skin+window+technique |title=Definition: Rebuck skin window technique from Online Medical Dictionary |format= |work= |accessdate=]

It was developed by John Rebuck in 1955.cite web |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-73710.html |title=John W. Rebuck Pathologist ... | Article from The Washington Post | HighBeam Research |format= |work= |accessdate=] cite journal |author=REBUCK JW, CROWLEY JH |title=A method of studying leukocytic functions in vivo |journal=Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. |volume=59 |issue=5 |pages=757–805 |year=1955 |month=March |pmid=13259351 |doi= |url=]

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