Iontophoresis of nickel elicits a delayed cutaneous response in sensitized individuals that is similar to an allergic patch test reaction

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 36-41

  Brasch, Jochen ^a   Hüttemann, Martin ^b   Proksch, Ehrhardt ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cutaneous blood flow; Diagnosis of contact allergy; Epidermal barrier; Immunohistopathology; Transepidermal water loss

Indexed keywords

CD11 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; NICKEL;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; EPIDERMIS CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; PATCH TEST; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN SENSITIZATION; STRATUM CORNEUM; WATER LOSS;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICKEL; PATCH TESTS; SKIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE;

EID: 0033958691     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0536.2000.042001036.x     Document Type: Article

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