Patch testing in children, adults, and the elderly: Influence of age and sex on sensitization patterns

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 119-123

  Wöhrl, Stefan ^a,c   Hemmer, Wolfgang ^a   Focke, Margarete ^a   Götz, Manfred ^a,b   Jarisch, Reinhart ^a  

^a Universitatsklinik fur Dermatologie   (Austria)

^b Wilhelminenspital ^*  (Austria)

^c FAZ Floridsdorf Allergy Centre   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BALSAM PERU; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; ETHYLMERCURIC CHLORIDE; FRAGRANCE; MERCURY DERIVATIVE; METALLIC MERCURY; NICKEL; PALLADIUM; PROPOLIS; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; THIOMERSAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN SENSITIZATION; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLERGENS; AUSTRIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; NICKEL; PATCH TESTS; PERFUME; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0037359853     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1470.2003.20204.x     Document Type: Article

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