Nummular eczema and contact allergy: A retrospective study

Dermatitis

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 153-157

  Bonamonte, Domenico ^a   Foti, Caterina ^a   Vestita, Michelangelo ^a   Ranieri, Luigi Davide ^a   Angelini, Gianni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; COBALT CHLORIDE; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; NICKEL SULFATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTACT ALLERGY; FACE; FEMALE; HAND; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NECK; NUMMULAR DERMATITIS; OCCUPATION; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIZATION; SKIN BIOPSY; TRUNK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALLERGENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COBALT; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICKEL; OCCUPATIONS; PATCH TESTS; POTASSIUM DICHROMATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865124254     PISSN: 17103568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DER.0b013e318260d5a0     Document Type: Article

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