20 Years of standard patch testing in an eczema population with focus on patients with multiple contact allergies

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 76-83

  Carlsen, Berit Christina ^a   Menné, Torkil ^a   Johansen, Jeanne Duus ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Contact allergy; Database; European Standard Series; Multiple contact allergies; Multiple patch tests; Persistence; Persistency rate; Polysensitization; Sensitivity rate; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; BENZOCAINE; ISOTHIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; ISOTHIAZOLONE; MERCAPTOBENZOTHIAZOLE; N ISOPROPYL N PHENYL 4 PHENYLENEDIAMINE; NICKEL; PHENYLENEDIAMINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATCH TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALLERGENS; CHILD; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DENMARK; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34447330114     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2007.01155.x     Document Type: Article

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