Patch Testing Tips Recommendations from the ICDRG /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lachapelle, Jean-Marie (Editor), Bruze, Magnus (Editor), Elsner, Peter U. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Allergy.; Dermatology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Allergology.

This book is a compendium of tips on many different aspects of patch testing based on the recommendations of the International Contact Dermatitis Research Group (ICDRG), which is the reference group for all dermato-allergologists. It is intended to complement the book Patch Testing and Prick Testing...

Table of Contents:

• The benefit of Patch Testing with Ultrasonic Bath Extracts in Special Cases
• How to Manage Occupational Contact dermatitis
• Patch Testing and Atopic Dermatitis
• Pitfalls
• Legal Aspects
• Updating semi-open tests
• Patch Testing
• Do’s and Dont’s in Patch Testing
• Prick Testing
• When Patch Tests are Negative
• Patch testing validity
• Assessment of the Clinical Relevance
• How to Select Extra-Allergens – or Problematic Allergens
• Patch Testing in the Tropics
• Making a Diagnosis. .