Repeated open application tests (ROAT) in patients allergic to colophony - Evaluated visually and with bioengineering techniques

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 130-135

  Färm, Gunilla ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Laser Doppler flowmetry; Serial dilution patch testing; Sodium lauryl sulfate; Threshold of sensitivity; Transepidermal water loss

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ARACHIS OIL; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; ROSIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; IRRITANTS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; RESINS, PLANT; SKIN TEST END-POINT TITRATION; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE;

EID: 0031955096     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000155598433476     Document Type: Article

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