So-called marginal patch test irritation: Attempt at a predictive assay

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 50-51

  Fung, Maxwell A ^a   Maibach, Howard I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carba mix; Cumulative irritancy; Marginal patch test irritation; Neomycin sulfate; Parabens; Patch testing technique; Potassium dichromate; Thiuram mix

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; DISULFIRAM; NEOMYCIN; WHITE PETROLATUM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PATCH TEST; PREDICTION; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN WATER LOSS;

EID: 0029783951     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1996.tb02271.x     Document Type: Article

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