The true value of the true test for allergic contact dermatitis

Current Allergy and Asthma Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 316-322

  Fischer, Torkel ^a   Kreilgård, Bo ^a   Maibach, Howard I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; FORMALDEHYDE; PETROLATUM; PHENYLENEDIAMINE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DILUTION; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; GEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATCH TEST; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIZATION; SKIN ALLERGY; STANDARDIZATION; THIN LAYER RAPID USE EPICUTANEOUS TEST; VALIDATION STUDY; EVALUATION; REVIEW; SKIN TEST; STANDARD;

DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0035411285     PISSN: 15297322     EISSN: 15346315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11882-001-0042-2     Document Type: Article

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