Etiology and prognosis of hand eczema in a dermatology clinic in China: A follow-up study

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 88-92

  Li, Lin Feng ^a   Liu, Guangren ^a   Wang, Jing ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Allergic; Contact dermatitis; Eczema; Hand; Outcome; Patch test; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHINA; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FOLLOW UP; HAND ECZEMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROGNOSIS; RELAPSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; CHINA; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, IRRITANT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 38049046987     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2007.01260.x     Document Type: Article

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