A high-positive patch test load correlates with further positive patch test reactions irrespective of their location

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1411-1415

  Brasch, J ^a   Geier, J ^b   Schnuch, A ^b   Uter, W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contact allergy; Excited skin; Patch testing; Polysensitization; Thiuram mix

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; DISULFIRAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SENSITIZATION;

DERMATITIS, CONTACT; HUMANS; PATCH TESTS;

EID: 33750517545     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2006.01212.x     Document Type: Article

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