Contact allergy to gold in patients with gold-plated intracoronary stents

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 359-

  Honari, Golara ^a   Taylor, James S ^a   Ellis, Stephen ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; GOLD; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL;

COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTACT ALLERGY; CORONARY STENT; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LETTER; PATCH TEST; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 29244470248     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2005.00719.x     Document Type: Letter

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