The positivity ratio - Another parameter to assess the diagnostic quality of a patch test preparation

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 280-282

  Geier, Johannes ^a,c   Uter, Wolfgang ^b   Lessmann, Holger ^a   Schnuch, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c IVDK an der Universitäts Hautklinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

False positive reactions; Patch testing; Positivity ratio; Quality control; Reaction index

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PATCH TEST; QUALITY CONTROL;

ALLERGENS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; GERMANY; HUMANS; PATCH TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0041659343     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0536.2003.00033.x     Document Type: Article

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