Use of the North American Contact Dermatitis Group Standard 65-allergen series alone in the evaluation of allergic contact dermatitis: A series of 794 patients

Dermatitis

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 137-141

  Cohen, David E ^a   Rao, Shaline ^a   Brancaccio, Ronald R ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ALLERGY;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATCH TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 49249097152     PISSN: 17103568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/6620.2008.06061     Document Type: Article

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