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THE INVESTIGATION OF CHRONIC DERMATITIS
Author(s) -
Paver K.,
Krivanek J.,
Cains G.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
australasian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.67
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1440-0960
pISSN - 0004-8380
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-0960.1979.tb00220.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatology , histamine , hand dermatitis , patch testing , contact dermatitis , allergy , immunology
S ummary In a previous paper we reported the results from 153 patients tested at a clinic established to investigate chronic dermatitis. 1 This report results from an additional 83 patients whose investigations were directed towards testing hypotheses made in this previous paper. We extended the tests to include reactions to intradermal histamine and the threshold level of a skin irritant (sodium lauryl sulphate) in an attempt to elicit any possible relationships.