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Nickel sensitivity and the course of atopic dermatitis in adulthood
Author(s) -
Lammintausta K.,
Kalimo K.
Publication year - 1990
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.1600-0536.1990.tb01549.x
Subject(s) - atopic dermatitis , nickel allergy , medicine , dermatology , hand dermatitis , allergy , contact dermatitis , nickel , immunology , metallurgy , materials science
The course of dermatitis was followed in nickel‐sensitive and nickel‐negative atopic and non‐atopic patients. Manifest dermatitis was seen in 70% of the nickel‐allergic and in 64% of the nickel‐negative female atopic dermatitis (AD) patients. Those atopic subjects who had minor symptoms in their teens suffered more from dermatitis if they had developed nickel allergy ( p < 0.025). Hands and the head region were the most common sites for current dermatitis in both groups.