Papular dermatitis and a persistent patch test reaction to gold sodium thiosulfate

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 204-208

  Sperber, Brian R ^a   Allee, Julie ^a   Elenitsas, Rosalie ^a   James, William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact allergy; Gold; Patch test

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; SODIUM AUROTHIOSULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PAPULAR SKIN DISEASE; PATCH TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

ALLERGENS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GOLD SODIUM THIOSULFATE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS;

EID: 0038482084     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0536.2003.00081.x     Document Type: Article

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