Adult-onset atopic dermatitis in a patch test population

Dermatology

Volumn 206, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 197-203

  Ingordo, Vito ^a,d,e   D'Andria, Giuliano ^b   D'Andria, Corrado ^c  

^a Italian Navy Main Hospital 'G Venticinque'   (Italy)

^b 'SS Annunziata' Hospital   (Italy)

^c 'Ctro Studi Fondazione Maugeri' M   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^e NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adult onset; Atopic dermatitis; Patch test

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; FOOD ALLERGEN; HAPTEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ALLERGY TEST; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILDHOOD; CONTACT SENSITIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; INFANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PATCH TEST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0037247298     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068890     Document Type: Article

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