Acta Med. 2013, 56: 14-18

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2014.32

OUR EXPERIENCE WITH ATOPY PATCH TESTS WITH AEROALLERGENS

Jarmila Čelakovskáa, Květuše Ettlerováb, Karel Ettlera, Jaroslava Vaněčkováa

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

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