A case of contact dermatitis due to impurities of cetyl alcohol

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 44-46

  Komamura, Hiromi ^a   Doi, Toshiaki ^a   Inui, Shigeki ^a   Yoshikawa, Kunihiko ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Cetyl alcohol; Impurities; Rinderon VG ; Topical medicaments

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; BETAMETHASONE VALERATE; GENTAMICIN; HEXADECANOL; LAURYL ALCOHOL; MYRISTYL ALCOHOL; OCTADECANOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE;

ADULT; AMPUTATION STUMPS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BETAMETHASONE 17-VALERATE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DODECANOL; DRUG CONTAMINATION; EMOLLIENTS; FATTY ALCOHOLS; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; MALE; PATCH TESTS; PRURITUS;

EID: 0031040554     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1997.tb00921.x     Document Type: Article

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