Absence of skin sensitivity to oxides of aluminium, silicon, titanium or zirconium in patients with Crohn's disease

Gut

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 231-233

  Lee, J C W ^a   Halpern, S ^b   Lowe, D G ^b   Forbes, A ^a   Lennard Jones, J E ^a  

^a ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aluminium; Crohn's disease; Silicon; Skin sensitivity; Titanium; Zirconium

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE; SILICON DIOXIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TOOTHPASTE; ZIRCONIUM OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOSIS; HUMAN; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN SENSITIVITY;

EID: 0029813752     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.39.2.231     Document Type: Article

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