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Contact Allergens

Contact Allergens is a class of exogenous substances that, upon dermal exposure, elicit a delayed hypersensitivity immune response mediated by allergen-specific T cells, distinguishing it from irritants that provoke non-immune-mediated skin reactions.

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Contact Sensitizers

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Updating the maximization test for identifying contact allergens

Albert M. Kligman, William L. Epstein · Contact Dermatitis · 1975 · 1.1K citations

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Results of a Home-Based Environmental Intervention among Urban Children with Asthma

Wayne J. Morgan, Ellen F. Crain, Rebecca S. Gruchalla et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2004 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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Epidermal Langerhans cell density determines whether contact hypersensitivity or unresponsiveness follows skin painting with DNFB.

Galen B. Toews, Paul R. Bergstresser, J. Wayne Streilein · The Journal of Immunology · 1980 · 973 citations

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Severe Respiratory Syncytial Virus Bronchiolitis in Infancy and Asthma and Allergy at Age 13

Nele Sigurs, Per Gustafsson, Ragnar Bjarnason et al. · American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine · 2004 · 957 citations

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The Identification of Contact Allergens by Animal Assay. the Guinea Pig Maximization Test**From the Department of Dermatology, University of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska Sjukhuset, Gothenburg, Sweden and the Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104.

Bertil Magnusson, Albert M. Kligman · Journal of Investigative Dermatology · 1969 · 930 citations · Full text

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    Wolfgang Uter

    Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

    63 publications · 3.9K citations

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    Ian Kimber

    AstraZeneca (United Kingdom), United Kingdom

    67 publications · 4.1K citations

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  3. JD
    Jeanne Duus Johansen

    Gentofte Hospital, Denmark

    62 publications · 3.3K citations

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  4. RJ
    Rebecca J. Dearman

    AstraZeneca (United Kingdom), United Kingdom

    54 publications · 2.9K citations

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  5. MB
    M. Bruze

    Lund University, Sweden

    65 publications · 3.2K citations

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  1. Gentofte Hospital

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    42 h-index

    241 publications

    12.4K citations

  2. Lund University

    Lund, Sweden

    41 h-index

    264 publications

    11.1K citations

  3. Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

    Erlangen, Germany

    38 h-index

    103 publications

    6.6K citations

  4. University of Göttingen

    Göttingen, Germany

    38 h-index

    144 publications

    8.5K citations

  5. University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    37 h-index

    213 publications

    11K citations

  6. Inserm

    Paris, France

    35 h-index

    276 publications

    26.3K citations

  7. Unilever (United Kingdom)

    London, United Kingdom

    35 h-index

    107 publications

    7.6K citations

  8. Karolinska Institutet

    Stockholm, Sweden

    34 h-index

    211 publications

    13.6K citations

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  1. Contact Dermatitis

    946 publications · 35.7K citations

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  2. Allergy

    186 publications · 10.6K citations

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  3. Clinical & Experimental Allergy

    177 publications · 9.8K citations

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  4. Journal of Investigative Dermatology

    JID · 159 publications · 11K citations

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  5. PubMed

    Repository · 384 publications · 12K citations

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