Testing with corticosteroid aldehydes in corticosteroid-sensitive patients (preliminary results)

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 106-108

  Matura, M ^a,b   Lepoittevin, J P ^c   Arbez Gindre, C ^c   Goossens, A ^b  

^a Central Military Hospital Budapest   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Aldehydes; Allergic contact dermatitis; Choice of vehicle; Corticosteroid aldehydes; Corticosteroids; Patch testing technique

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEHYDROCORTICOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATCH TEST; SKIN ALLERGY;

EID: 0031933450     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1998.tb05663.x     Document Type: Article

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