Atopy patch tests in young adult patients with atopic dermatitis and controls: Dose-response relationship, objective reading, reproducibility and clinical interpretation

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 18-23

  Bygum, Anette ^a   Gotthard Mortz, Charlotte ^b   Andersen, Klaus Ejner ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Delayed type hypersensitivity; Non invasive measurement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CAT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DERMATITIS; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DOSE RESPONSE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; GRASS; HUMAN; MALE; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN WATER LOSS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; CATS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATCH TESTS; POACEAE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0037279960     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015550310002657     Document Type: Article

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