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Prediction of patch test results
Author(s) -
Podmore P.,
Burrows D.,
Bingham E. A.
Publication year - 1984
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.1600-0536.1984.tb01010.x
Subject(s) - patch test , medicine , allergen , dermatology , contact dermatitis , allergic contact dermatitis , patch testing , false positive paradox , allergy , skin test , false negative reactions , immunology , pathology , tuberculosis , machine learning , computer science
Test on 100 consecutive patients, 59 with a suspected allergen and 41 with eczema or contact dermatitis without a suspected allergen, yielded 23 unsuspected positives in 17 patients. The clinical diagnosis was not confirmed in 27 of the 59 cases with suspected allergens.