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Arsphenamine hypersensitiveness in guinea pigs. II. Experiments demonstrating the role of the skin, both as originator and as site of the hypersensitiveness.

Arch. Dermatol. Syph., 22, 839-849. 1930.

Sulzberger showed that allergens gaining access to the epidermis are processed there in some manner (Langerhans cells?) that determines their allergenicity. See No. 2576.02

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