Nickel contact allergy and menstrual cycle

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 309-313

  Bonamonte, Domenico ^a,b   Foti, Caterina ^a   Antelmi, Anna Rita ^a   Biscozzi, Anna Maria ^a   Di Naro, Edoardo ^a   Fanelli, Margherita ^a   Loverro, Giuseppe ^a   Angelini, Gianni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Menstrual cycle; Nickel sulfate; Ovulation; Progestinic phase

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; NICKEL SULFATE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTACT SENSITIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVULATION; PATCH TEST; SKIN ALLERGY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; NICKEL; PATCH TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 20544450832     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2005.00588.x     Document Type: Article

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