Characteristics of patch test reactions to common preservatives incorporated in petrolatum and water, respectively

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-48

  Brasch, Jochen ^a   Uter, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

age; atopic dermatitis; dynamic reaction pattern; methods; patch test; positivity ratio; reaction index; vehicle; water

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BENZOIC ACID; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; PETROLATUM; PRESERVATIVE; WATER;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PATCH TEST; REACTION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; PETROLATUM; PHARMACEUTICAL VEHICLES; PRESERVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WATER;

EID: 78650446218     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2010.01818.x     Document Type: Article

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