Reactivity at edges of corticosteroid patch tests may be an indicator of a strong positive test response

Dermatology

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 130-134

  Bjarnason, B ^a,d   Flosadottir E ^b   Fischer, T ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact eczema; Edge effect; Immunosuppression; Laser Doppler perfusion imaging; Patch test

Indexed keywords

BUDESONIDE; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATCH TEST; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BUDESONIDE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; SKIN; TIME FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0344199941     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000018219     Document Type: Article

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