Topical immunotherapy with contact sensitizers: A model to study the natural history of delayed hypersensitivity

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 210-214

  Mastrolonardo, M ^a,b   Lopalco, P L ^a   Diaferio, A ^a  

^a Azienda Osp Univ 'Osp Riuniti'   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Antigen avoidance; Hardening; Loss of contact sensitivity; Squaric acid dibutylester; Topical immunotherapy

Indexed keywords

SQUARIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER;

ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT SENSITIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS ALLERGY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; PATCH TEST; PROVOCATION TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ALOPECIA; COHORT STUDIES; CYCLOBUTANES; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WARTS;

EID: 0036823356     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0536.2002.470404.x     Document Type: Article

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