Photopatch testing: a consensus methodology for Europe

• Author(s): Buynzeel, DP ; Fergunson, J ; Andersen, KE ; Gonçalo, Margarida ; English, J ; Goossens, A ; Hozle, E ; Ibbotson, SH ; Lecha, M ; Lehman, P ; Leonard, F ; Moseley, H ; Pigatto, P ; Tanew, A ; European Taskforce for Photopatch Testing
• Date: 2004
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.4/765
• Origin: Repositório do Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra
• Subject(s): Dermatite Fotoalérgica; Testes Cutâneos; Protectores Solares
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

A group of interested European Contact Dermatologists/Photobiologists met to produce a consensus statement on methodology, test materials and interpretation of photopatch testing. While it is recognized that a range of local variables operate throughout Europe, the underlying purpose of the work is to act as an essential preamble to a Pan European Photopatch Test Study focusing particularly on sunscreen chemicals.