Evidence-based diagnosis in patch testing

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 121-125

  Van Der Valk, Pieter G M ^a   Devos, Steven A ^b   Coenraads, Pieter Jan ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Evidence based medicine; Patch testing; Post test probability; Pretest probability

Indexed keywords

2 MERCAPTOBENZOTHIAZOLE; 4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; BALSAM PERU; BENZOCAINE; COBALT CHLORIDE; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; DISULFIRAM; EPOXY RESIN; FORMALDEHYDE; FRAGRANCE; KATHON CG; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; LANOLIN ALCOHOL; NEOMYCIN; NICKEL SULFATE; PHENYLENEDIAMINE DERIVATIVE; QUATERNIUM 15; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; ROSIN; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

BIOASSAY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTACT SENSITIZATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; PATCH TEST; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; SYMPTOM;

ALLERGENS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; PATCH TESTS;

EID: 0038182564     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0536.2003.00072.x     Document Type: Review

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