Patch test dose-response study: Polysensitized individuals do not express lower elicitation thresholds than single/double-sensitized individuals

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 103-106

  Carlsen, B C ^a   Fischer, L A ^a   Sosted, H ^a   Volund A ^b   Menne T ^a   Johansen, J D ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Elicitation dose response relationship; Methyldibromo glutaronitrile; Nickel sulphate; P phenylenediamine; Polysensitization; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

2 BROMO 2 BROMOMETHYLGLUTARONITRILE; NICKEL SULFATE; PHENYLENEDIAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN SENSITIZATION;

DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICKEL; NITRILES; PATCH TESTS; PHENYLENEDIAMINES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN;

EID: 57649242581     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2008.08921.x     Document Type: Article

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