LTT-MELISA® is clinically relevant for detecting and monitoring metal sensitivity

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 17-24

  Valentine Thon, Elizabeth ^a   Müller, Kurt ^b   Guzzi, Gianpaolo ^c   Kreisel, Sybille ^d   Ohnsorge, Peter ^e   Sandkamp, Martin ^a  

^a Laboratory Center Bremen   (Germany)

^b European Academy for Environmental Medicine   (Germany)

^c Italian Association for Metals and Biocompatibility Research AIRMEB   (Italy)

^d Department of Dermatology and Allergology ^*  (Germany)

^e European Academy for Environmental Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergy; Heavy metals; Lymphocyte transformation test; MELISA ; Metal sensitization

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM; CADMIUM; DENTAL ALLOY; GLUTATHIONE; GOLD; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; SODIUM THIOSULFATE; TIOPRONIN; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; METAL;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BURNING MOUTH SYNDROME; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECZEMA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFECTION; LICHEN PLANUS; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY LYMPHOCYTE IMMUNOSTIMULATION ASSAY; PATCH TEST; SENSITIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; XEROSTOMIA; CASE REPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVALUATION; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOASSAY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; DENTAL AMALGAM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOASSAY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34047211957     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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