Results of double-blind placebo-controlled challenge with nickel salts in patients affected by recurrent aphthous stomatitis

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 296-300

  Pacor, Maria Luisa ^a,c   Di Lorenzo, G ^b   Martinelli, N ^a   Lombardo, G ^a   Di Gregoli, A ^b   Mansueto, P ^b   Rini, G B ^b   Corrocher, G ^a   Corrocher, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c Dipto di Med Clin e Sperimentale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Nickel sulphate; Patch test; Recurrent aphthous stomatitis

Indexed keywords

NICKEL;

APHTHOUS STOMATITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT SENSITIVITY; CONTACT SENSITIZATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INGESTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH DISEASE; NICKEL HYPERSENSITIVITY; ORTHODONTICS; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION;

ADULT; AGED; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICKEL; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES; PATCH TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMATITIS, APHTHOUS;

EID: 0042072812     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000072142     Document Type: Article

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