Does gold concentration in the blood influence the result of patch testing to gold?

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 160, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1016-1021

  Ekqvist, S ^a   Lundh, T ^b   Svedman, C ^a   Bjork J ^b   Moller H ^a   Nilsson, L A F ^b   Bruze, M ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Contact allergy; Gold; Gold concentration in blood; Patch test reactivity

Indexed keywords

SODIUM AUROTHIOSULFATE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; GOLD; GOLD SODIUM THIOSULFATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; STENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64849113698     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2009.09065.x     Document Type: Article

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