False-positive "poral" cobalt patch test reactions reside in the eccrine acrosyringium

Cutis

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 49-53

  Storrs, Frances J ^a   White Jr , Clifton R ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT; COBALT CHLORIDE; COBALT NITRATE; COBALT SULFATE; IRRITANT AGENT; NICKEL; NICKEL SULFATE;

ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PATCH TEST; PATHOLOGY; SKIN ALLERGY; SWEAT GLAND;

COBALT; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECCRINE GLANDS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; NICKEL; PATCH TESTS;

EID: 0033629207     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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