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Day 7 (D7) patch test reading ‐ valuable or not?
Author(s) -
Mitchell J. C.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
contact dermatitis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1600-0536
pISSN - 0105-1873
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1978.tb03760.x
Subject(s) - patch test , patch testing , test (biology) , reading (process) , medicine , audiology , psychology , contact dermatitis , allergy , immunology , biology , philosophy , paleontology , linguistics
Day 7 (D7) reading of 15,469 patch tests was carried out in 499 patients. In one fifth of them, positive reactions were observed at D7 having been judged negative at D2. The significance of the findings is discussed.