Allergic and irritant patch test reactions and atopic disease

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 121-124

  Klas, P A ^a   Corey, G ^a   Storrs, F J ^a   Chan, S C ^a   Hanifin, J M ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Allergic respiratory disease; Atopic dermatitis; Cell mediated immunity; False positive reactions; Patch testing technique

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CONTACT DERMATITIS; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATCH TEST; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN ALLERGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DERMATITIS, IRRITANT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030047860     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1996.tb02143.x     Document Type: Article

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