Luca Stingeni, Leonardo Bianchi, Elena S Caroppo, Anna Belloni Fortina, Francesca Caroppo, Monica Corazza, Alessandro Borghi, Rosella Gallo, Ilaria Trave, Silvia M Ferrucci, Andrea Beretta, Fabrizio Guarneri, Emanuela Martina, Maddalena Napolitano, Mario DE Lucia, Cataldo Patruno, Luigi Bennardo, Paolo Romita, Caterina Foti, Marta Tramontana, Rossella Marietti, Giuseppe Argenziano, Katharina Hansel
Allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) is a common inflammatory skin disease caused by delayed hypersensitivity to chemical and biotic contact allergens. ACD significantly affects the patients' quality of life negatively impacting both occupational and non-occupational settings. Patch testing is the gold standard diagnostic in vivo test to precise the ACD etiology and to correctly perform prevention. According to the Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA) legislative decree no. 178 of 29th May 1991, allergens are defined as medicines and therefore they are subject to strict regulation...
April 2024: Italian journal of dermatology and venereology