Heinz Küstner
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Heinz Küstner was a German gynecologist and obstetrician who helped develop the Prausnitz-Küstner test
while an assistant of Otto Prausnitz
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Prausnitz-Küstner test
The Prausnitz-Küstner test is an immunologic test formerly used by physicians to determine if a patient has an allergic reaction to a specific antigen. The test has been replaced by the safer skin prick test...
while an assistant of Otto Prausnitz
Otto Prausnitz
Otto Carl Willy Prausnitz , also known as Carl Prausnitz-Giles, was a German physician, bacteriologist, and hygienist who developed the Prausnitz-Küstner test with Heinz Küstner. Prausnitz was a student of Richard Pfeiffer, and is considered a pioneer of bacteriology and immunology...
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