The ‘atopy patch test’ in evaluating the role of aeroallergens in atopic eczema

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 113, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 379-383

  Ring, Johannes ^a   Darsow, Ulf ^a   Gfesser, Michael ^a   Vieluf, Dieter ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aeroallergens; Atopic eczema; Atopy patch test; Grass pollen; Transepidermal water loss

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; ECZEMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN WATER LOSS;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; MITES; PATCH TESTS; POLLEN;

EID: 0030965426     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000237609     Document Type: Article

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