Should atopic individuals be patch tested?
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1Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland.
Dermatologic Clinics
|July 1, 1994
Abstract:
Although it appears that the incidence of allergic contact dermatitis is lower in patients with atopic dermatitis than in patients with other forms of dermatitis, studies have shown that a significant number of atopics demonstrate allergic contact dermatitis on testing. This article presents a review of the larger studies that have been performed in atopic individuals as well as recommendations for patch testing.