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Prediction of patch test results |
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| Authors: | P. Podmore D. Burrows E. A. Bingham |
| Affiliation: | Skin Department, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast BT12 6BA, Northern Ireland, UK |
| Abstract: | 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. |
| Keywords: | Prediction patch tests |