Photopatch testing: a consensus methodology for Europe

TY - JOUR

T1 - Photopatch testing

T2 - a consensus methodology for Europe

AU - Bruynzeel, D. P.

AU - Ferguson, J.

AU - Andersen, K.

AU - Gonçalo, M.

AU - English, John

AU - Goossens, A.

AU - Holzle, E.

AU - Ibbotson, S. H.

AU - Lecha, M.

AU - Lehmann, P.

AU - Leonard, F.

AU - Moseley, Harry

AU - Pigatto, P.

AU - Tanew, A.

AU - European Taskforce for Photopatch Testing

PY - 2004

Y1 - 2004

N2 - A group of interested European Contact Dermatologists/Photobiologists met to produce a consensus statement on methodology, test materials and interpretation of photopatch testing. While it is recognized that a range of local variables operate throughout Europe, the underlying purpose of the work is to act as an essential preamble to a Pan European Photopatch Test Study focusing particularly on sunscreen chemicals.

AB - A group of interested European Contact Dermatologists/Photobiologists met to produce a consensus statement on methodology, test materials and interpretation of photopatch testing. While it is recognized that a range of local variables operate throughout Europe, the underlying purpose of the work is to act as an essential preamble to a Pan European Photopatch Test Study focusing particularly on sunscreen chemicals.

KW - Humans

KW - Dermatitis, Photoallergic

KW - Sunscreening Agents

KW - Patch Tests

KW - Europe

U2 - 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2004.01053.x

DO - 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2004.01053.x

M3 - Article

C2 - 15482294

SN - 0926-9959

VL - 18

SP - 679

EP - 682

JO - Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

JF - Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

IS - 6

ER -