Patch testing with benzoyl peroxide: Reaction profile and interpretation of positive patch test reactions

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 209-216

  Ockenfels, Hans Michael ^a   Uter, Wolfgang ^b   Lessmann, Holger ^c   Schnuch, Axel ^c   Geier, Johannes ^c  

^a Haut und Allergologieklinik   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benzoyl peroxide; Contact allergy; Epidemiology; Patch testing

Indexed keywords

BENZOYL PEROXIDE;

ACNE; AGE; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CONTACT ALLERGY; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DERMATITIS; ERYTHEMA; GENDER; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; PAPULE; PATCH TEST; VESICULAR RASH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BENZOYL PEROXIDE; CHILD; DENTAL TECHNICIANS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATCH TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 70350029189     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2009.01603.x     Document Type: Article

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