Comparison of reactivity to allergens using the TRUE Test and IQ chamber system

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 140-145

  Lazarov, Aneta ^a   David, Michael ^b,c   Abraham, David ^a   Trattner, Akiva ^b,c  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

European standard series; IQ chambers; Patch testing; Reproducibility; TRUE Test

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BALSAM PERU; CHLORIDE; COBALT CHLORIDE; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; FORMALDEHYDE; FRAGRANCE; NICKEL SULFATE; PHENYLENEDIAMINE DERIVATIVE; QUATERNIUM 15; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATCH TEST; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN TEST;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATCH TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33846929701     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2007.01025.x     Document Type: Article

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