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Diagnostic agents

• About this sectionProducts given to make a disease visible or measurable: dyes, X-ray contrast media and skin-test antigens…
• FluoresceinNo receptor: a fluorescent dye (absorbs blue light, emits yellow-green light)
• IohexolNo pharmacological target: its iodine atoms block X-rays
• TetracosactideMelanocortin-2 receptor (ACTH receptor) on adrenal cortex cells
• Tuberculin purified protein derivative (PPD)Memory T cells sensitised to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (delayed, type IV hypersensitivity)

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