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The European Standard Series and its additions: are they of any use in 2013? Volume 24, numéro 1, January-February 2014

Auteurs
1 Department of Dermatology,
Timone Hospital,
264 Rue Saint Pierre F- 13385 Marseille Cedex
2 Groupe d’Etudes et de Recherches en Dermato-Allergologie (GERDA)
3 Department of Dermatology,
Henri Mondor Hospital,
F-94010 Créteil
4 Department of Dermatology - Cliniques universtiares Saint Luc,
B-1200 Brussels Belgium
5 Dermatologie,
le Mans Hospital,
F-72000 Le Mans
6 Department of Dermatology,
Brabois Hospital,
University Hospital of Nancy,
F-54500 Vandoeuvre les Nancy
7 Department of Dermatology ,
St Jacques Hospital,
F-25000 Besançon
8 Department of Dermatology,
Saint André Hospital,
F-33075 Bordeaux
9 Department of Dermatology,
Estaing Hospital,
University Hospital of Clermond-Ferrand,
F-63003 Clermond-Ferrand
10 Consultation of Dermatology,
F-67700 Saverne
11 Department of Dermatology,Saint Jean Clinic,
B-1000 Brussels Belgium
12 Department of Dermatology,
CHRU University Lille Nord de France,
F-59000 Lille
13 Department of Dermatology,
Saint Eloi Hospital,
F-34295 Montpellier Cedex 5
14 Department of Dermatology,
Charles Nicolle Hospital,
F-76053 Rouen Cedex
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This study has two purposes:

- to know whether the European standard series is still the key reference when it comes to contact dermatitis, i.e., are its components still the most frequently involved allergens in contact dermatitis nowadays?

- to assess the results of the European standard series among French and Belgian dermatologists/allergists as, so far, most of them have failed to provide statistical data within the European community of allergists/dermatologists.

18 participants from 2 dermatology and allergy centres in Belgium and 11 centres in France collected their results from 3,073 patients tested in 2011. They assessed the relevance of some tests as well as that of the standard series and additional series to establish an etiological diagnosis of contact dermatitis. These results, together with the history of the European standard series, have shown that some allergens are obsolete and that others should be included in a new standard series for which we are making a few suggestions.