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Softisan – a new vehicle for patch testing
Author(s) -
Väänänen Antti,
Hannuksela Matti
Publication year - 1986
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.1600-0536.1986.tb01227.x
Subject(s) - patch testing , allergic contact dermatitis , patch test , medicine , contact dermatitis , dermatology , allergy , immunology
Petrolatum is a good vehicle for many patch test allergens, because it is stable, unreactive, and allergy to it is rare (1, 2). Some difficulties exist, however, when water‐soluble allergens are tested, because emulsifiers are often needed; these can change the properties of both the test material and the vehicle itself (3, 4). In the present study, we compared petrolatum with a new lanolin substitute based on vegetable fatty acids as a patch test vehicle for nickel sulphate.