A comparative study of allergic contact dermatitis by patch test versus reflectance confocal laser microscopy, with nickel and cobalt

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 705-711

  Nishijima Sakanashi, Emi ^a   Matsumura, Mitsuaki ^a   Kikuchi, Katsuko ^b   Ikeda, Masaomi ^a   Miura, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Dental alloy; Metal allergy; Patch test; Reflectance confocal laser microscopy; Suprabasal epidermis

Indexed keywords

COBALT CHLORIDE; NICKEL SULFATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PATCH TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN ALLERGY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COBALT; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; NICKEL; PATCH TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 78649836777     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: 19524013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2010.1061     Document Type: Article

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