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Contact allergy with positive reaction in the epicutaneous test against more than 5 substances (see also contact allergy, monovalent and oligovalent). Women are more frequently polysensitized than men (11% vs. 8%). Age also plays a role in polysensitization: 11.5% of the >62-year-olds compared to 7.4% of the younger group.
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- Schwitulla J et al.(2015) Multiple contact sensitization. dermatologist 66: 682-685
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