Compound allergy: An overview

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 179-183

  Bashir, Saqib J ^a   Maibach, Howard I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergenic reaction; Allergic contact dermatitis; Compound allergy; Essential allergen; Patch test; Pseudocompound allergy; Synergistic allergy

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; HIRUDOID; MICONAZOLE;

DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; PATCH TEST; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN ALLERGY;

EID: 0031004772     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1997.tb00266.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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