Suspected fragrance allergy requires extended patch testing to individual fragrance allergens

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 193-197

  Katsarma, Georgia ^a   Gawkrodger, David J ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Contact allergy; Cosmetics; Facial dermatitis; Fragrance; Hand dermatitis; Occupational; Patch testing technique

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; FRAGRANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTACT SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; PATCH TEST; SKIN ALLERGY;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGENS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; PERFUME; SKIN;

EID: 0032887005     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1999.tb06129.x     Document Type: Article

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