Acta Med. 2011, 54: 29-35

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2016.14

Atopy Patch Test in Diagnosis of Food Allergy to Egg in Adult Patients Suffering from Atopic Eczema. Three Case Reports

Jarmila Čelakovskáa, Květuše Ettlerováb, Karel Ettlera, Jaroslava Vaněčkováa

aCharles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Hradec Králové, Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Czech Republic
bOutpatient Clinic, Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

Received September 1, 2010
Accepted December 6, 2010

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