Generalized urticaria induced by a diethyltoluamide-containing insect repellent in a child

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 186-187

  Wantke, F ^a   Focke, M ^a   Hemmer, W ^a   Gotz M ^a,b   Jarisch, R ^a  

^a Dermatologic Pediat Allerg Clin   (Austria)

^b Wilhelminenspital ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

CAS 134 62 3; Children; DEET; Diethyltoluamide; Generalized chemically induced urticaria; Insect repellents; Medicaments; N,N diethyl m toluamide

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; INSECT REPELLENT;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONTACT URTICARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; PATCH TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRICK TEST; WHEEZING;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEET; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; DRUG COMBINATIONS; HUMANS; INSECT REPELLENTS; MALE; OINTMENTS; PRURITUS; TERPENES; URTICARIA;

EID: 0029837186     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1996.tb02349.x     Document Type: Article

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