The value of patch testing patients with a scattered generalized distribution of dermatitis: Retrospective cross-sectional analyses of North American Contact Dermatitis Group data, 2001 to 2004

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 426-431

  Zug, Kathryn A ^a   Rietschel, Robert L ^b   Warshaw, Erin M ^c   Belsito, Donald V ^d   Taylor, James S ^e   Maibach, Howard I ^f   Mathias, C G Toby ^g   Fowler Jr , Joseph F ^h   Marks Jr , James G ⁱ   DeLeo, Vincent A ^j   Pratt, Melanie D ^k   Sasseville, Denis ^l   Storrs, Frances J ^m  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^e LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

ⁱ PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^l ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^m OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BUDESONIDE; COCAMIDOPROPYL BETAINE; CORTICOSTEROID; COSMETIC; ETHYLENEUREA MELAMINE FORMALDEHYDE; FRAGRANCE; PRESERVATIVE; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; TIXOCORTOL PIVALATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CLOTHING; CONTACT URTICARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NORTH AMERICA; NUMMULAR DERMATITIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATCH TEST; PHOTODERMATOSIS; POMPHOLYX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SKIN ALLERGY; STASIS DERMATITIS;

EID: 48749086520     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.05.008     Document Type: Article

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