The atopy patch test - Reproducibility and comparison of different evaluation methods

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 641-645

  Heinemann, C ^a   Schliemann Willers, S ^a   Kelterer, D ^a   Metzner, U ^a   Kluge, K ^a   Wigger Alberti, W ^a   Elsner, P ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

AEDS; Atopy patch test; Atopy score; Chromametry; Laser Doppler imaging; Reproducibility; Visual score

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; CAT; CHROMAMETRY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DANDER; DERMATITIS; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; FEMALE; GRASS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATCH TEST; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CATS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DUST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MITES; PATCH TESTS; POACEAE; POLLEN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0036092485     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1398-9995.2002.23438.x     Document Type: Article

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