Diagnosis of contact allergy: Why in vitro test systems?;Diagnose der kontaktallergie: Warum in-vitro-testsysteme?

Hautarzt

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 339-341

  Skazik, C ^a   Merk, H F ^a   Baron, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; ALLERGEN; BENZOCAINE; CHROMIUM; COBALT; EUGENOL; HAPTEN; METAL; NEOMYCIN; NICKEL; SULFONAMIDE; URUSHIOL;

CONTACT ALLERGY; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION TEST; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PATCH TEST; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN SENSITIZATION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ALLERGENS; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; HAPTENS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOKINES; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 44049104932     PISSN: 00178470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00105-008-1535-x     Document Type: Short Survey

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