Patch testing with the irritant sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) is useful in interpreting weak reactions to contact allergens as allergic or irritant

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 99-107

  Geier, J ^a,d   Uter, W ^b   Pirker, C ^c   Frosch, P J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^d IVDK an der Universitäts Hautklinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contact allergy; Erythematous patch test reactions; False positive patch test reactions; Irritant; Patch testing; Sodium lauryl sulfate; Threshold

Indexed keywords

4 TERT BUTYLPHENOL; AMERCHOL L 101; BALSAM; BENZOCAINE; BENZOYL PEROXIDE; COBALT CHLORIDE; COCAMIDOPROPYL BETAINE; CONTACT ALLERGEN; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; EMULSIFYING AGENT; FORMALDEHYDE; FRAGRANCE; GALLIC ACID; IRRITANT AGENT; LANOLIN ALCOHOL; PHENYLENEDIAMINE; PRESERVATIVE; PROPOLIS; TERT BUTYLHYDROQUINONE; TRIETHANOLAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTACT ALLERGY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATCH TEST; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ALLERGENS; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRRITANTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATCH TESTS; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE;

EID: 0037319196     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0536.2003.480209.x     Document Type: Article

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