Increased sensitivity of patch testing by standardized tape stripping beforehand: A multicentre diagnostic accuracy study

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 294-302

  Dickel, Heinrich ^a   Kreft, Burkhard ^b   Kuss, Oliver ^c   Worm, Margitta ^d   Soost, Stephanie ^d   Brasch, Jochen ^e   Pfützner, Wolfgang ^f   Grabbe, Jürgen ^g,h   Angelova Fischer, Irena ^g   Elsner, Peter ⁱ   Fluhr, Joachim ^i,j   Altmeyer, Peter ^a   Geier, Johannes ^k  

^a ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b Department of Dermatology and Venereology ^*  (Germany)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^f PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^h CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

ⁱ FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^j Bioskin   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Contact dermatitis; Diagnostic accuracy; Lanolin alcohol; Nickel sulfate; Patch test; Potassium dichromate; Sensitivity and specificity; Strip patch test

Indexed keywords

DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; LANOLIN ALCOHOL; NICKEL SULFATE; ALLERGEN; IRRITANT AGENT; LANOLIN; NICKEL;

ADULT; ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTACT SENSITIZATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATCH TEST; PATIENT SAFETY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STANDARDIZATION; TEST STRIP; ADOLESCENT; AGED; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DIAGNOSTIC USE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TAPE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLERGENS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; LANOLIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICKEL; PATCH TESTS; POTASSIUM DICHROMATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL TAPE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950510901     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2010.01710.x     Document Type: Article

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