Allergic contact reactions to dental gold

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 288-289

  Tvinnereim, Helene Meyer ^a   Lundekvam, Birgitte Fos ^a   Morken, Tore ^a   Berge, Morten E ^a   Björkman, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Allergic contact; Dental patients; Dermatitis; Gold alloys; Lichenoid eruptions

Indexed keywords

GOLD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DENTURE; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LICHEN PLANUS; ORAL BIOPSY; PATCH TEST; SKIN ALLERGY;

DENTAL ALLOYS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GOLD ALLOYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; STOMATITIS;

EID: 0043162142     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0536.2003.00099.x     Document Type: Article

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