Patch test reactions to natural rubber latex: Irritant or allergic?

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 179-181

  Wilkinson, S M ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Contact urticaria; Natural rubber latex; Patch testing technique

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; LATEX; RUBBER;

ARTICLE; ATOPY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTACT URTICARIA; GLOVE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATCH TEST; PRICK TEST;

DERMATITIS; HUMANS; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; PATCH TESTS;

EID: 0033957075     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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