| Title: |
Contact allergy to topical corticosteroids - results from the IVDK and epidemiological risk assessment |
| Authors: |
Uter, Wolfgang; de Padua, Cristiane Menezes; Pfahlberg, Annette; Nink, Katrin; Schnuch, Axel; Lessmann, Holger |
| Contributors: |
Uter, Wolfgang; de Padua, Cristiane Menezes; Pfahlberg, Annette; Nink, Katrin; Schnuch, Axel; Lessmann, Holger |
| Publisher Information: |
Wiley-blackwell Publishing, Inc |
| Publication Year: |
2009 |
| Collection: |
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen: GoeScholar |
| Description: |
Background: Contact allergy (CA) to topical corticosteroids (CS) is relatively rare; however, current data from Germany are not available. Furthermore, valid risk assessment needs to take into account of the actual exposure to CS in the population. Patients and Methods: The reaction profile of 9 CS included in a "CS test battery" of the German Contact Dermatitis Research Group (DKG) in patients seen in German clinics belonging to the Information Network of Departments of Dermatology (IVDK; www.ivdk.org) between 01/1995 and 12/2004 was analyzed. Applying the "Clinical Epidemiology/Drug Utilization Research" approach, annual incidences of CA to CS in Germany were extrapolated. These estimates were used as numerator for a relative incidence (RI) estimate which used exposure in terms of "defined daily doses" (DDD) to the respective CS as denominator, the latter information collected by the AOK Research Institute (WIdO). Results: On average, 7.4% of all patients were patch tested with the CS series, mostly yielding |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
unknown |
| Relation: |
000261976900006 |
| Availability: |
https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/17893 |
| Rights: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.D8E45F12 |
| Database: |
BASE |