Augmentation of skin response by exposure to a combination of allergens and irritants - A review

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 265-273

  Pedersen, Line Kynemund ^a   Johansen, Jeanne Duus ^a   Held, Elisabeth ^a   Agner, Tove ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Combined effects; Combined exposures; Danger signal; Irritant contact dermatitis

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; HAPTEN; IRRITANT AGENT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGIC REACTION; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EVALUATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; PATCH TEST; REVIEW; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN PENETRATION; SKIN SENSITIZATION; UPREGULATION;

ALLERGENS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DRUG SYNERGISM; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; PATCH TESTS;

EID: 3042761641     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2004.00342.x     Document Type: Review

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