Patch testing with nickel sulfate: Comparison between 2 nickel sulfate preparations and 2 different test sites on the back

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 187-191

  Simonetti, Vito ^a   Manzini, Bianca Maria ^a   Seidenari, Stefania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

False negative patch test responses; Nickel sulfate; Patch test reproducibility; Test site

Indexed keywords

NICKEL SULFATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NICKEL HYPERSENSITIVITY; PATCH TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICKEL; PATCH TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN;

EID: 0031720693     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1998.tb05891.x     Document Type: Article

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