Contact sensitisation in hand eczema patients-relation to subdiagnosis, severity and quality of life: A multi-centre study

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 291-296

  Agner, Tove ^a,b   Andersen, Klaus Ejner ^c   Brandao, Francisco M ^d   Bruynzeel, Derk P ^e   Bruze, Magnus ^f   Frosch, Peter ^g   Gonçalo, Margarida ^h   Goossens, An ⁱ   Le Coz, Christophe J ^j   Rustemeyer, Thomas ^e   White, Ian R ^k   Diepgen, Thomas ^l  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d HOSPITAL GARCIA DE ORTA   (Portugal)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^h CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^k ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Contact sensitisation; Hand eczema; Handeczema severity index; Qol

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTACT SENSITIZATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAND ECZEMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATCH TEST; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; ECZEMA; EUROPE; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SICK LEAVE;

EID: 70350506106     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2009.01630.x     Document Type: Article

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