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Vaccination granulomas and aluminium allergy: course and prognostic factors
Author(s) -
Kaaber Kund,
Otkjer Aksel,
When Niels K.
Publication year - 1992
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.1600-0536.1992.tb00123.x
Subject(s) - patch test , aluminium hydroxide , atopy , medicine , aluminium , vaccination , allergy , aluminium chloride , immunology , dermatology , pathology , metallurgy , materials science
21 children who had cutaneous granulomas following immunization with a vaccine containing aluminium hydroxide, and who had positive patch tests to aqueous aluminium chloride and/or to a Finn Chamber, were Followed for I to 8 years During the period of observation, the symptoms cleared in 5 children. Improved in 11, and remained unchanged in 5. The course of the granulomas could ran he correlated with sex or atopy. nor with intensity of she initial aluminium patch test. 4 children were patch tested again with aluminium.