Changing paradigms in dermatology: Science and art of diagnostic patch and contact urticaria testing

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 346-352

  Kim, Esther ^a   Maibach, Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; URTICARIA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0348109485     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2003.08.016     Document Type: Article

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