Aluminium chloride hexahydrate at 2% is insufficient to trace contact allergy to aluminium

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 183-184

  Bruze, Magnus ^a   Lundh, Kerstin ^b   Gruvberger, Birgitta ^a   Hindsén, Monica ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b HALMSTAD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinoconjunctivitis; Delayed hypersensitivity; Hyposensitization; Itching nodule; Patch testing; Test preparation

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM CHLORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTACT ALLERGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE; PATCH TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; CHLORIDES; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATCH TESTS;

EID: 50249090485     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2008.01394.x     Document Type: Article

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