Multiple Patch-Test Reactions: A Pilot Evaluation of a Combination Approach to Visualize Patterns of Multiple Sensitivity in Patch-Test Databases and a Proposal for a Multiple Sensitivity Index

American Journal of Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 148-153

  Dickel, Heinrich ^a   Taylor, James S ^b   Bickers, David R ^c   Merk, Hans F ^d   Bruckner, Thomas M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BENZOCAINE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; DISULFIRAM; EPOXY RESIN; ETHYLENE; FORMALDEHYDE; LANOLIN ALCOHOL; NEOMYCIN; NICKEL SULFATE; PHENYLENEDIAMINE; QUATERNIUM 15; ROSIN; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE SENSITIVITY INDEX; MULTIPLE SENSITIVITY REACTION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATCH TEST; PATHOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN ALLERGY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242552396     PISSN: 1046199X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/6620.2003.6166     Document Type: Article

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