Contaminating resin acids have not caused the high rate of sensitivity to oak moss

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 19-20

  Buckley, D A ^a,b   Rycroft, R J G ^a   White, I R ^a   McFadden, J P ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergy; Colophonium; Colophony; Fragrance; Oak moss; Patch tests; Resin acids

Indexed keywords

FRAGRANCE; RESIN; ROSIN;

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOSS; PATCH TEST; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN SENSITIVITY;

ACIDS; ALLERGENS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DRUG CONTAMINATION; ENGLAND; HUMANS; LICHENS; PATCH TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUERCUS; RESINS, PLANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036656717     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0536.2002.470104.x     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Buckley D A, Wakelin S H, Seed P T et al. The frequency of fragrance allergy in a patch test population over a 17-year period. Br J Dermatol 2000: 142: 279-283.
2. Lepoittevin J-P, Meschkat E, Huygens S, Goossens A. Presence of resin acids in oak moss patch test material: a source of misdiagnosis? J Invest Dermatol 2000: 115: 129-130.
3. Uter W, Gefeller O, Geier J, Schnuch J. Limited concordance between 'oakmoss' and colophony in clinical patch testing. J Invest Dermatol 2001: 116: 478-480.