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GEORGE V. KULCHAR, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1941;43(4):636-640.

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In the determination of the numerous causes of contact dermatitis of the eczematous type, the patch test has been of almost immeasurable aid. In approximately one third of the patients in whom the cause is not immediately apparent, the etiologic agent can be discovered by patch testing. Increasing experience has so conclusively demonstrated the value of the method that its use has become almost routine in the management of dermatitis of the contact-eczematous type. General acceptance of the patch test has given to it a measure of legal standing in industrial dermatology, in which the method has found its widest application. If this is to continue, further study directed particularly to the mechanism and the cyclic variations in the responses to patch tests is necessary. Likewise greater recognition of the possibility of late, or delayed, reactions, with an understanding of the factors underlying them is desirable.

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Author Affiliations
SAN FRANCISCO

From the Division of Dermatology and Syphilology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine.

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