A further characteristic of susceptibility to contact allergy: Sensitization to a weak contact allergen is associated with polysensitization. Results of the IVDK

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 331-337

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contact allergy; Delayed type hypersensitivity; Genetics; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

2 BROMO 2 BROMOMETHYLGLUTARONITRILE; 4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; CONTACT ALLERGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FACE; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAND DISEASE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LEG; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; PHENOTYPE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN SENSITIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRILES; PARABENS; PATCH TESTS; PRESERVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34250688224     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2007.01116.x     Document Type: Article

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