Presence of resin acids in 'oakmoss' patch test material: A source of misdiagnosis? [1]

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 129-130

  Lepoittevin, Jean Pierre ^a   Meschkat, Emmanuel ^a   Huygens, Sara ^b   Goossens, An ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIETIC ACID; ACID; CONTACT ALLERGEN; DEHYDROABIETIC ACID; DIAZOMETHANE; FRAGRANCE; PETROLATUM; RESIN; ROSIN; SEPHADEX;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTACT ALLERGY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ESTERIFICATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOSS; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN SENSITIZATION;

EID: 0033926831     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2000.00031.x     Document Type: Letter

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