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Skin window technique
Skin window technique
Purpose	identify immune response

Skin window technique is 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.^[1]

It was developed by John Rebuck in 1955.^[2]^[3]

References

^ "Definition: Rebuck skin window technique from Online Medical Dictionary".
^ "John W. Rebuck Pathologist ..." The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2012-10-20.
^ REBUCK JW, CROWLEY JH (March 1955). "A method of studying leukocytic functions in vivo". Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 59 (5): 757–805. Bibcode:1955NYASA..59..757R. doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.1955.tb45983.x. PMID 13259351.

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[pmid13259351-3] REBUCK JW, CROWLEY JH (March 1955). "A method of studying leukocytic functions in vivo". Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 59 (5): 757–805. Bibcode:1955NYASA..59..757R. doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.1955.tb45983.x. PMID 13259351.

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