Contact allergy to dental restorative materials in patients with oral lichenoid lesions

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 141-146

  Laine, Juhani ^a   Kalimo, Kirsti ^a   Happonen, Risto Pekka ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Amalgam removal; Contact allergy; Dental amalgam; Follow up; Gold; Mercury; Oral lichenoid lesions; Patch testing; Tin

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MERCURY; MERCURY DERIVATIVE; SILVER NITRATE; SODIUM AUROTHIOSULFATE; STANNIC CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTACT ALLERGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LICHENOID; LICHENOID ERUPTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH DISEASE; PATCH TEST; TOOTH FILLING;

EID: 0030946029     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1997.tb00396.x     Document Type: Article

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