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Occupational and Non-Occupational Compound Allergy

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Handbook of Occupational Dermatology

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The present article is based on a recent review by Bashir and Maibach (1997). They defined compound allergy as an allergic contact dermatitis in which a preparation is believed to be allergenic on patch testing, whilst its individual ingredients show a negative patch-test result. Some or all of those ingredients must have interacted to form a new allergen (Table 1).

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  1. S. J. Bashir
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Section of Dermatology, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Topeliuksenkatu 41 aA, 00250, Helsinki, Finland

    Lasse Kanerva M.D., Ph.D.

  2. Department of Occupational Dermatology, Karolinska Hospital, 117 76, Stockholm, Sweden

    Jan E. Wahlberg M.D., Ph.D.

  3. National Institute for Working Life, 117 76, Stockholm, Sweden

    Jan E. Wahlberg M.D., Ph.D.

  4. Klinik für Hautkrankheiten, Klinikum der FSU Jena, Erfurter Straße 35, 07740, Jena, Germany

    P. Elsner

  5. School of Medicine, University of California, Box 0989, Surge 100, 94143-0989, CA, San Francisco, USA

    Howard I. Maibach M.D.

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Bashir, S.J., Kanerva, L., Jolanki, R., Maibach, H.I. (2000). Occupational and Non-Occupational Compound Allergy. In: Kanerva, L., Wahlberg, J.E., Elsner, P., Maibach, H.I. (eds) Handbook of Occupational Dermatology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-07677-4_42

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