Patch test materials for mercury allergic contact dermatitis

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 237-239

  Nakada, Tokio ^a,c   Higo, Naotaka ^a   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; Baboon syndrome; Cross sensitivity; Gold; Ionized mercury; Non ionized mercury; Patch testing technique

Indexed keywords

MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MERCURY; PETROLATUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATCH TEST; SKIN ALLERGY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; GOLD COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MERCURY; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; PATCH TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNDROME;

EID: 0030924769     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1997.tb00208.x     Document Type: Article

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