Reproducibility of the atopy patch test with whole house dust mite bodies in atopic dermatitis

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 174-175

  Ingordo, Vito ^a   D'Andria, Giuliano ^a   Cannata, Antonio Tortello ^a  

^a Ital Navy Hospital MO Giulio V   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aeroallergens; Atopic dermatitis; Atopy patch test; Dermatophagoides; House dust mites; Patch testing technique; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATCH TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DUST; HUMANS; MITES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0033963510     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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