Coping with negative test results in patch testing.

Lisa Garner; Jere Guin; William James; James A Yiannias

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Coping with negative test results in patch testing.

Lisa Garner·Jere Guin·William James·James A Yiannias

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Lisa Garner, Jere Guin, William James, James A Yiannias. 2002. Coping with negative test results in patch testing.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12484385/

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