Baseline series fragrance markers fail to predict contact allergy

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 276-281

  Mann, Jack ^a   McFadden, John P ^b   White, Jonathan M L ^b   White, Ian R ^b   Banerjee, Piu ^b  

^a KENT AND CANTERBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

26 labelled fragrances; allergic contact dermatitis; cross reactions; fragrance series; fragrances; markers; screens

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALLERGEN; BENZYL ALCOHOL; BENZYL BENZOATE; CINNAMALDEHYDE; CINNAMYL ALCOHOL; CITRAL; CITRONELLOL; COUMARIN; EPOXY RESIN; EUGENOL; FARNESOL; FRAGRANCE; GERANIOL; HYDROXYCITRONELLAL; ISOEUGENOL; LIMONENE; SALICYLIC ACID BENZYL ESTER; PERFUME;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTACT ALLERGY; CROSS REACTION; ECZEMA; EUROPE; EVERNIA; EVERNIA FURFURACEA; EVERNIA PRUNASTRI; FACE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYROXYLON; NECK; PATCH TEST; PREDICTION; SKIN ALLERGY; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DIAGNOSTIC USE; IMMUNOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ALLERGENS; CROSS REACTIONS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATCH TESTS; PERFUME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84906938655     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cod.12171     Document Type: Article

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