Comparison of 2 different methods for enhancing the reaction to nickel sulfate patch tests in negative reactors

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 308-

  Seidenari, Stefania ^a   Belletti, Barbara ^a   Mantovani, Lucia ^a   Pellacani, Giovanni ^a   Pignatti, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

False negative reactions; Nickel sulfate; Occlusion; Patch testing technique; Pre treatment of test area; Sodium lauryl sulfate

Indexed keywords

DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; NICKEL SULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NICKEL HYPERSENSITIVITY; PATCH TEST;

ADULT; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NICKEL; PATCH TESTS; PREMEDICATION; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE;

EID: 8044231965     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1996.tb02399.x     Document Type: Article

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