Study of persistence and loss of patch test reactions to dichromate and cobalt

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 87-90

  Katsarou, A ^a,c   Baxevanis, C ^b   Armenaka, M ^a   Volonakis, M ^a   Balamotis, A ^a   Papamihail, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Hellenic Anticancer Institute   (Greece)

^c ANDREAS SYGROS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; CD4+ cells; Cement; Chromate; Cobalt; Immunological basis; Occupational; Patch testing technique; T cells

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; COBALT CHLORIDE; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEMENT INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY CELL; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; PATCH TEST; SKIN ALLERGY; SUPPRESSOR CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; COBALT; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; POTASSIUM DICHROMATE; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 0031057068     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1997.tb00419.x     Document Type: Article

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