Is the atopy patch test with house dust mites specifi c for atopic dermatitis?

Dermatology

Volumn 209, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 276-283

  Ingordo, Vito ^a   Dalle Nogare, Roberto ^b   Colecchia, Bruno ^b   D'Andria, Corrado ^c  

^a Ital Navy Main Hosp MO Giulio V   (Italy)

^b Medical Service   (Italy)

^c Medical Center 'Maugeri Foundation'   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Atopic subjects without eczema; Atopy patch test; House dust mites; Nonatopic subjects; Reproducibility; Skin hyperreactivity; Specific response

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITES; PATCH TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 8344219865     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000080848     Document Type: Article

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