Treatment of Poison Ivy/Oak allergic contact dermatitis with an extract of jewelweed

American Journal of Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 150-153

  Long, David ^a,b   Ballentine, Noel H ^a   Marks, James G ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN ALLERGY; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030929472     PISSN: 1046199X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1046-199X(97)90095-6     Document Type: Article

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