Filaggrin null mutations and association with contact allergy and allergic contact dermatitis: Results from a tertiary dermatology clinic

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 89-95

  Carlsen, Berit Christina ^a   Johansen, Jeanne Duus ^a   Menné, Torkil ^a   Meldgaard, Michael ^a   Szecsi, Pal B ^a   Stender, Steen ^a   Thyssen, Jacob P ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

allergic contact dermatitis; contact allergy; filaggrin null mutations; hand eczema; polysensitization

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; ALLERGEN; BENZOCAINE; CLIOQUINOL; COBALT; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; DISULFIRAM; EPOXY RESIN; FILAGGRIN; FORMALDEHYDE; FRAGRANCE; LANOLIN; MERCAPTOBENZOTHIAZOLE; NEOMYCIN; NICKEL; PHENYLENEDIAMINE; QUATERNIUM 15; ROSIN; SESQUITERPENE; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAUCASIAN; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECZEMA; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HAND; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PATCH TEST; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; BLOOD; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HAND DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; SKIN ALLERGY;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION;

EID: 77954646759     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2010.01748.x     Document Type: Article

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