Oral lichenoid lesions caused by allergy to mercury in amalgam fillings

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 423-427

  Pang, Bryan K ^a   Freeman, Susi ^a  

^a SKIN AND CANCER FOUNDATION AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

allergen replacement; amalgam; contact allergy; mercury; oral lichenoid lesions

Indexed keywords

AMALGAM; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MERCURY; PHENYLMERCURIC NITRATE; THIOMERSAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LICHEN PLANUS; LICHENOID; MALE; MOUTH LESION; PATCH TEST; TOOTH FILLING;

ADULT; AGED; AMMONIA; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTAL MATERIALS; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DISINFECTANTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LICHEN PLANUS, ORAL; MALE; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PATCH TESTS; PHENYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PRESERVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL; THIMEROSAL;

EID: 0029557796     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1995.tb02079.x     Document Type: Article

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