Is there a link between nickel allergy and coronary stent restenosis?

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 206, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 243-246

  Norgaz, Tugrul ^b,c   Hobikoglu, Gultekin ^b   Serdar, Zehra Asiran ^a   Aksu, Huseyin ^b   Alper, Ahmet Taha ^b   Ozer, Orhan ^b   Narin, Ahmet ^b  

^a HAYDARPASA NUMUNE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b DR SIYAMI ERSEK THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coronary stenting; In stent restenosis; Metal allergy; Nickel; Patch test

Indexed keywords

STAINLESS STEEL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY STENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NICKEL HYPERSENSITIVITY; PATCH TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESTENOSIS; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IRRITANTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICKEL; PATCH TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAINLESS STEEL; STENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 21244460351     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.206.243     Document Type: Article

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