Role of ear piercing in metal allergic contact dermatitis

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 233-236

  Nakada, Tokio ^a,c   Iijima, Masafumi ^a   Nakayama, Hideo ^b   Maibach, Howard I ^c  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nakayama Dermatology Clinic   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Ear piercing; False positive reactions; Gold chloride; Mercuric chloride; Nickel sulfate; Patch testing technique; Product labelling

Indexed keywords

GOLD CHLORIDE; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; NICKEL SULFATE; GOLD DERIVATIVE; IRRITANT AGENT; METAL; NICKEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATCH TEST; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN SENSITIZATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EXTERNAL EAR; JAPAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PACKAGING; PUNCTURE; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; EAR, EXTERNAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GOLD COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; JAPAN; MALE; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; NICKEL; PATCH TESTS; PRODUCT LABELING; PUNCTURES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030611253     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1997.tb00207.x     Document Type: Article

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