Investigation of contact allergy to dental metals in 206 patients

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 339-343

  Raap, Ulrike ^a,b   Stiesch, Meike ^a   Reh, Heidi ^a   Kapp, Alexander ^a   Werfel, Thomas ^a,b  

^a Department of Dermatology and Allergology ^*  (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Dental metal; Gold sodium thiosulfate; Nickel sulfate; Oral lichen planus; Oral stomatitis; Palladium chloride

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM MERCURIC CHLORIDE; COBALT CHLORIDE; CONTACT ALLERGEN; COPPER; DENTAL ALLOY; MERCURY DERIVATIVE; METAL DERIVATIVE; NICKEL SULFATE; PALLADIUM; SILICON; SODIUM AUROTHIOSULFATE; TETRACHLOROPLATINATE AMMONIUM; TIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT ALLERGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LICHEN PLANUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; PATCH TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMATITIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOOTH FILLING;

ADULT; DENTAL ALLOYS; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; GOLD SODIUM THIOMALATE; HUMANS; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; MOUTH DISEASES; PATCH TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 66249093164     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2009.01524.x     Document Type: Article

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