Reproducibility of the Finn chamber® nickel patch test in two different phases of the ovulatory menstrual cycle

Dermatology

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 235-237

  Aktan, Şebnem ^a,b   Aktan, Erdal ^a   Inanir, Işil ^a   Kaleli, Babür ^a   Şanli, Berna ^a  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Menstrual cycle; Nickel patch test; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

NICKEL SULFATE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUTEAL PHASE; NICKEL; PATCH TESTS; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031668387     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000018003     Document Type: Article

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