Single doses of local betamethasone do not suppress allergic patch test reactions to nickel sulfate

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 218-221

  Molander, Gerd ^a   Petman, Leena ^a   Kannas, Liisa ^a   Lauerma, Antti I ^a,b  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Intracutaneous injection; Laser doppler

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; NICKEL SULFATE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INHIBITION KINETICS; INJECTION SITE; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATCH TEST; SKIN ALLERGY;

ALLERGENS; BETAMETHASONE; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; NICKEL; PATCH TESTS;

EID: 3042587632     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2004.00335.x     Document Type: Article

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