The detection of clinically relevant contact allergens with a standard screening tray of 28 allergens

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 154-158

  Patel, Devika ^a   Belsito, Donald V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

allergic contact dermatitis; clinically relevant allergens; patch test; TRUE Test

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ALLERGEN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATCH TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SKIN ALLERGY;

ALLERGENS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATCH TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84856879308     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2011.02022.x     Document Type: Review

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