Allergic contact dermatitis in children: Which factors are relevant? (review of the literature)

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 321-329

  De Waard van der Spek, Flora B ^a   Andersen, Klaus E ^b   Darsow, Ulf ^c   Mortz, Charlotte G ^b   Orton, David ^d   Worm, Margitta ^e   Muraro, Antonella ^f   Schmid Grendelmeier, Peter ^g   Grimalt, Ramon ^h   Spiewak, Radoslaw ⁱ   Rudzeviciene, Odilija ^j   Flohr, Carsten ^k   Halken, Susanne ^b   Fiocchi, Alessandro ^l   Borrego, Luis M ^m   Oranje, Arnold P ⁿ  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d Amersham Hopital Whielden Street ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

ⁱ JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^j VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^k KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^l BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^m Hospital CUF Descobertas   (Portugal)

ⁿ SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Allergens; Allergic contact dermatitis; Atopic dermatitis; Children; Chronic recurrent eczema; Haptens; Irritants; Patch tests; Sensitization; Therapy resistant eczema

Indexed keywords

2 METHYL 4 ISOTHIAZOLIN 3 ONE; 5 CHLORO 2 METHYL 4 ISOTHIAZOLIN 3 ONE; BALSAM; BUFEXAMAC; CHLORHEXIDINE; COCAMIDOPROPYL BETAINE; EMOLLIENT AGENT; FILAGGRIN; GLYCEROL; METAL; NEOMYCIN; TEA TREE OIL;

ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTACT SENSITIZATION; DIAPER DERMATITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECZEMA; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GROUPS BY AGE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYDRATION; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MARIGOLD; NICKEL HYPERSENSITIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; PATCH TEST; PERIANAL DERMATITIS; PERIORAL DERMATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN CARE; SKIN DISEASE; TATTOO; TEXTILE;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; METALS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RECURRENCE; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 84878141191     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pai.12043     Document Type: Review

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