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Document ID (ISN)20740
CIS number 74-858
ISSN - Serial title 0003-9896 - Archives of Environmental Health
Year 1973
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Korbitz B.C.
Title Possible improved technique of skin patch testing.
Bibliographic information Dec. 1973, Vol.27, No.6, p.409-411. Illus. 8 ref.
Abstract A successful patch test to quinine was obtained in a patient with quinine-induced thrombocytopenic purpura by an occlusive patch test method which is described. The technique may have application in patch testing for other suspected contact or sensitising allergens.
Descriptors (primary) quinine; sensitization; skin tests
Descriptors (secondary) purpura
Document type -
Subject(s) Medicine, hygiene and first aid
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Heterocyclic compounds