Patients with multiple contact allergies: A review

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-8

  Carlsen, Berit Christina ^a   Andersen, Klaus Ejner ^b   Menné, Torkil ^a   Johansen, Jeanne Duus ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Individual susceptibility; Multiple contact allergies; Patch tests; Polysensitization

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

CONTACT ALLERGY; ECZEMA; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; PATCH TEST; REVIEW; SKIN SENSITIZATION;

ALLERGENS; CROSS REACTIONS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DINITROCHLOROBENZENE; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ECZEMA; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATCH TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 37249047611     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2007.01232.x     Document Type: Review

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