Recognizing and Testing Allergens

Dermatologic Clinics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 219-226

  Goossens, An ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Clinical symptoms; Diagnosis; Patch testing; Relevance; Test technique

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CONTACT ALLERGEN; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL;

ALLERGY TEST; ANAMNESIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPERT SYSTEM; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; PATCH TEST; PHOTOALLERGY; PHOTOPATCH TEST; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN TEST; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

ALLERGENS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPERT SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 67649499944     PISSN: 07338635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.det.2009.05.004     Document Type: Review

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