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An antigen responsible for cutaneous delayed hypersensitivity to starch glove powder in guinea-pigs was found to be associated with starch grains. Talc was not immunogenic in this system, and did not cross-react in skin tests with starch glove powder. Additives and protein components in the glove powder did not appear to be antigenic.
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