Detection of nickel and palladium contact hypersensitivity by a flow cytometric lymphocyte proliferation test

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 323-327

  Spoerri, I ^a,b   Scherer, K ^a   Michel, S ^a   Link, S ^a   Bircher, A J ^a   Heijnen, I A F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

allergic contact dermatitis; flow cytometry; lymphocyte proliferation test; lymphocyte transformation test; metal allergy

Indexed keywords

NICKEL; PALLADIUM; ALLERGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES CONCERNING CELLS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSITIZATION; AGED; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGENS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICKEL; PALLADIUM; PATCH TESTS;

EID: 84922213936     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/all.12553     Document Type: Article

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