Routine patch testing with the sesquiterpene lactone mix in Europe: A 2-year experience. A multicentre study of the EECDRG

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 72-76

  Paulsen, E ^a   Andersen, K E ^a   Brandao F M ^b   Bruynzeel, D P ^c   Ducombs, G ^d   Frosch, P J ^e,f   Goossens, A ^g   Lahti, A ^h   Menne T ⁱ   Shaw, S ^l   Tosti, A ^j   Wahlberg, J E ^k   Wilkinson, J D ^l   Wrangsjo K ^k  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b HOSPITAL GARCIA DE ORTA   (Portugal)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

^e KLINIKUM DORTMUND   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

ⁱ GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^k KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^l AMERSHAM HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Colophony; Compositae; Fragrance; Occupational; Plants; Sesquiterpene lactone mix

Indexed keywords

PERFUME; ROSIN; SESQUITERPENE LACTONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EUROPE; FACE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATCH TEST; PLANT; SCREENING; SEX RATIO; SKIN ALLERGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTERACEAE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTONES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; SESQUITERPENES;

EID: 0032897964     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1999.tb05994.x     Document Type: Article

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