Use of patch test concentrations for adults in children and their influence on test reactivity

Dermatologie in Beruf und Umwelt

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 97-101

  Wahlberg, Jan E ^a,b   Goossens, An ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Children; General population; Irritancy; Overdiagnosis; Patch test; Relevance; Standard series; Test technique

Indexed keywords

DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; FORMALDEHYDE; FRAGRANCE; NICKEL SULFATE; RUBBER;

CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTACT ALLERGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECZEMA; HUMAN; PATCH TEST; POPULATION; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN TEST; STANDARDIZATION; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0035042231     PISSN: 1438776X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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