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Nickel Allergy and Ear Piercing in Young Men

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Current Topics in Contact Dermatitis

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The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of nickel allergy and ear piercing in young men. The study was performed on young men enlisted for military service, with 216 18-year-old subjects being examined. Case history was taken by means of a questionnaire. Patch tests with nickel sulphate and cobalt chloride were made. Ear piercing was found to be quite common (22%). In spite of this, the prevalence of nickel allergy in these men was found to be much lower than that known in women. This also applies to the persons with pierced ears.

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  1. Larsson-Stymne, B, Widström L (1985) Ear piercing — a cause of nickel allergy in schoolgirls. Contact Dermatitis 13: 289–293.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Örebro Medical Center Hospital, Regionsjukhuset, S-70185, Örebro, Sweden

    L. Widström & I. Erikssohn

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  1. L. Widström
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  1. Hautklinik der Universität Heidelberg, Voßstraße 2, 6900, Heidelberg 1, Germany

    Peter Frosch

  2. Department of Medical Research (Dermatology), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium

    A. Dooms-Goossens P.Ph., Ph.D.

  3. Unit and Laboratory of Occupational and Environmental Dermatology, Catholic University of Louvain, 30, Clos Chapelle-aux-Champs, UCL 3033, 1200, Brussels, Belgium

    J.-M. Lachapelle M. D. (Professor of Dermatology) (Professor of Dermatology)

  4. St. John’s Hospital for Diseases of the Skin, Lisle Street, London, WC2H 7BJ, Great Britain

    R. J. G. Rycroft

  5. Department of Pathology, Free University Hospital, de Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    R. J. Scheper

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Widström, L., Erikssohn, I. (1989). Nickel Allergy and Ear Piercing in Young Men. In: Frosch, P., Dooms-Goossens, A., Lachapelle, JM., Rycroft, R.J.G., Scheper, R.J. (eds) Current Topics in Contact Dermatitis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74299-6_36

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