Effects of skin occlusion in patch testi
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K. Friebe; I. Effendy; H. Löffler
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Article
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2003
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Background: When evaluating transepidermal water loss (tewl) in patch testing, the occlusive effect of the patch must be considered as an important artificial impairment of the measurement. ## Objectives: To investigate the time course of effects of occlusion. ## Methods: Epicutaneous patche