Patch-test reaction patterns in patients with a predisposition to atopic dermatitis

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 197-201

  Brasch, Jochen ^a   Schnuch, Axel ^b   Uter, Wolfgang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contact allergens; Patch test methods; Reaction index; Skin irritability

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; FORMALDEHYDE; FRAGRANCE; LANOLIN ALCOHOL; MERCURY; NICKEL SULFATE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATCH TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AMMONIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLORING AGENTS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DISINFECTANTS; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LANOLIN; MALE; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; PATCH TESTS; PERFUME; POTASSIUM DICHROMATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL;

EID: 1242292391     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2003.0227.x     Document Type: Article

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