A correlation found between gold concentration in blood and patch test reactions in patients with coronary stents

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 137-142

  Ekqvist, Susanne ^a,b   Svedman, Cecilia ^a   Lundh, Thomas ^b   Möller, Halvon ^a   Björk, Jonas ^b   Bruze, Magnus ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

B Au; B Ni; Contact allergy; Metals; Patch test reaction; Stent

Indexed keywords

GOLD; NICKEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTACT ALLERGY; CORONARY STENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PATCH TEST; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; GOLD; GOLD ALLOYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICKEL; PATCH TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 50249136620     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2008.01401.x     Document Type: Article

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