Patch testing with the DKG Baseline Series - A retrospective;Epikutantestung mit der DKG-Standardserie - Ein rückblick

Allergologie

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 262-272

  Schnuch, A ^a   Uter, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contact allergy; Diagnosis; Patch test; Standard series

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTACT SENSITIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EXPOSURE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; PATCH TEST; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

EID: 68449103449     PISSN: 03445062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/alp32262     Document Type: Review

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