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Author:Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

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Contact allergy with positive reaction in the epicutaneous test against more than 5 substances (see also contact allergy, monovalent and oligovalent). Women are more frequently polysensitized than men (11% vs. 8%). Age also plays a role in polysensitization: 11.5% of the >62-year-olds compared to 7.4% of the younger group.

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  1. Schwitulla J et al.(2015) Multiple contact sensitization. dermatologist 66: 682-685

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

Author: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer