Positive nickel patch tests do not intensify positive reactions to adjacent patch tests with dichromate: Results from a double-blind multicentre study of the German Contact Dermatitis Research Group (Deutsche Kontaktallergie-Gruppe, DKG)

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 144-149

  Brasch, Jochen ^a   Kreilgård, Bo ^b   Henseler, Tilo ^a   Aberer, Werner ^c   Fuchs, Thomas ^d   Pflüger, Rafael ^e   Hoeck, Ulla ^b   Gefeller, Olaf ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b Pharmacia and Upjohn   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angry back; Patch test reproducibility; Patch test technique; Spillover effect; TRUE Test(TM)

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; NICKEL;

ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATCH TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN MANIFESTATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLORING AGENTS; CROSS REACTIONS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IRRITANTS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICKEL; PATCH TESTS; POTASSIUM DICHROMATE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0033848028     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0536.2000.043003144.x     Document Type: Article

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