Nickel allergy: Lack of correlation between systemic TH1 immune response and skin patch testing

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 574-

  Pate, Gordon E ^a   Wu, Vivian ^a   Webb, John G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD69 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2;

CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DENDRITIC CELL; DNA SYNTHESIS; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGY; IMPLANT; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NICKEL HYPERSENSITIVITY; PATCH TEST; SKIN TEST; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH1 CELL;

ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INTERLEUKIN-2; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; NICKEL; PATCH TESTS; TH1 CELLS;

EID: 33646007702     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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