White petrolatum (Ph. Eur.) is virtually non-sensitizing. Analysis of IVDK data on 80 000 patients tested between 1992 and 2004 and short discussion of identification and designation of allergens

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 338-343

  Schnuch, Axel ^a,c   Lessmann, Holger ^a   Geier, Johannes ^a   Uter, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; CAS 8009 03 8 (unspecified white or yellow); Patch test; Sensitization; White petrolatum

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IRRITANT AGENT; WHITE PETROLATUM;

ARTICLE; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOCUMENTATION; ERROR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATCH TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN SENSITIZATION;

ALLERGENS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; PATCH TESTS; PETROLATUM;

EID: 33745072690     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2006.00854.x     Document Type: Article

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