Pitfalls and errors in patch testing: Suggestions for quality assurance

Patch Testing Tips: Recommendations from the ICDRG

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 27-36

  Elsner, Peter U ^a   Schliemann, Sibylle ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

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EID: 84938873473     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-45395-3_3     Document Type: Chapter

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