Lessons from atopy patch testing in atopic dermatitis

Current Allergy and Asthma Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 285-289

  Kerschenlohr, Karin ^a   Darsow, Ulf ^a   Burgdorf, Walter H C ^a   Ring, Johannes ^a   Wollenberg, Andreas ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; FOOD ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PETROLATUM;

ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; CAT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DANDER; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ERYTHEMA; EXPOSURE; GRASS POLLEN; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; NONHUMAN; PAPULE; PATCH TEST; PRICK TEST; PROVOCATION TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSITIZATION; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN TEST; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 3242677053     PISSN: 15297322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11882-004-0072-7     Document Type: Review

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