Minimizing the risks of missing a contact allergy.
The diagnosis of a contact allergy can be missed in the various stages of the allergological investigation: the clinical examination of the patients, the anamnesis, the skin testing as well as the determination of the relevance of a positive test. This is illustrated by means of examples from the literature.
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Dermatology Department, University Hospital St. Rafaël, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.
D000485:Allergens; D017449:Dermatitis, Allergic Contact / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D006801:Humans; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012882:Skin Tests / Q000379:methods
D000485:Allergens