How well is the outcome of patch testing remembered by the patients? A 10-year follow-up of testing with the Swedish baseline series at the Department of Dermatology in Örebro, Sweden

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 215-220

  Jamil, Wassim N ^a   Erikssohn, Ingalill ^a   Lindberg, Magnus ^a,b  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allergen; Contact allergy; Outcome of testing; Patch testing; Recall

Indexed keywords

2 BROMO 2 BROMOMETHYLGLUTARONITRILE; 4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; BUDESONIDE; COBALT CHLORIDE; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; DISULFIRAM; EPOXY RESIN; ETHYLENEDIAMINE; FORMALDEHYDE; MERCAPTOBENZOTHIAZOLE; NEOMYCIN; NICKEL SULFATE; PERFUME; PHENYLENEDIAMINE; QUATERNIUM 15; ROSIN; SESQUITERPENE LACTONE; TIXOCORTOL PIVALATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY; ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MYROXYLON; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATCH TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN;

ALLERGENS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84857978084     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2011.02039.x     Document Type: Article

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