Serum and urine nickel in nickel-sensitized women: Effects of oral challenge with the metal

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 5-8

  Andreassi, M ^a   Di Gioacchino, M ^a   Sabbioni, E ^b   Pietra, R ^b   Masci, S ^a   Amerio, P ^a   Bavazzano, P ^c   Boscolo, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

^c SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Oral nickel; Oral provocation; Serum nickel; Urine nickel

Indexed keywords

NICKEL; NICKEL SULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGESTION; NICKEL HYPERSENSITIVITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATCH TEST; PROVOCATION TEST; REFERENCE VALUE; SERUM; SKIN ALLERGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE; URINE LEVEL; URTICARIA;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ALLERGENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CREATININE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ECZEMA; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; NECK; NICKEL; RECURRENCE; THORAX; TIME FACTORS; URTICARIA;

EID: 0031985170     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1998.tb05629.x     Document Type: Article

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