Letter to the Editors
Poor correlation of patient-reported skin contact reactions with patch testing
Charlotte Smart,
Charlotte Smart
Department of Dermatology, Auckland District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand
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Harriet Sara Kennedy
Department of Dermatology, Auckland District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand
Department of Medicine, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Charlotte Smart,
Charlotte Smart
Department of Dermatology, Auckland District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand
Search for more papers by this author Harriet Sara Kennedy,
Harriet Sara Kennedy
Department of Dermatology, Auckland District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand
Department of Medicine, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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First published: 22 August 2019
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