Hand eczema classification: A cross-sectional, multicentre study of the aetiology and morphology of hand eczema

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 353-358

  Diepgen, T L ^a   Andersen, K E ^b   Brandao, F M ^c   Bruze, M ^d   Bruynzeel, D P ^e   Frosch, P ^f   Goncalo M ^g   Goossens, A ^h   Le Coz, C J ⁱ   Rustemeyer, T ^e   White, I R ^j   Agner, T ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c HOSPITAL GARCIA DE ORTA   (Portugal)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^g CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^j ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

Classification; Hand eczema; Subdiagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAND ECZEMA; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SKIN ALLERGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58349086968     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2008.08907.x     Document Type: Article

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