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Spot Tests and Chemical Analyses for Allergen Evaluation

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Textbook of Contact Dermatitis

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The announcement of a positive patch test can be a confusing affair for a patient if he or she is then told that one cannot explain the relevance of the positive reaction or, alternatively, cannot list all possible sources of potential contact with that particular allergen.

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  1. Leon M. Wall
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  1. St. John’s Institute of Dermatology, St. Thomas’s Hospital, SE1 7EH, London, UK

    Richard J. G. Rycroft

  2. Department of Dermatology, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Niels Andersens Vej 65, 2900, Hellerup, Denmark

    Torkil Menné

  3. Hautklinik der Städtischen Kliniken Dortmund, Abteilung Dermatologie, Universität Witten/Herdecke, Beurhausstraße 40, 44123, Dortmund, Germany

    Peter J. Frosch

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Wall, L.M. (1995). Spot Tests and Chemical Analyses for Allergen Evaluation. In: Rycroft, R.J.G., Menné, T., Frosch, P.J. (eds) Textbook of Contact Dermatitis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03104-9_15

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