Patch testing children - What should we change?

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 420-423

  Storrs, Frances J ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMALGAM; COPPER SULFATE; NICKEL; PALLADIUM; PHENYLENEDIAMINE; THIOMERSAL;

CONTACT DERMATITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NOTE; PATCH TEST; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN SENSITIZATION; TATTOO;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ALLERGENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, IRRITANT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; PATCH TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 44949089521     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2008.00713.x     Document Type: Note

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