Patch testing with budesonide in serial dilutions: The significance of dose, occlusion time and reading time

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 24-31

  Isaksson, M ^a,d   Bruze, M ^a   Goossens, A ^b   Lepoittevin, J P ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

'Edge effect'; Allergic contact dermatitis; Budesonide; Contact sensitivity; Corticosteroids; Dose response relationship; False negative reactions; Patch testing technique; Serial dilutions

Indexed keywords

BUDESONIDE; CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; PATCH TEST; REACTION TIME; SKIN ALLERGY;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BUDESONIDE; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ERUPTIONS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; PATCH TESTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032904205     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1999.tb05972.x     Document Type: Article

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