Photocontact dermatitis from cinchocaine (dibucaine)

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 139-140

  Urrutia, I ^a   Jauregui I ^a   Gamboa, P ^a   Gonzalez G ^a   Antepara I ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE BASURTO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antihaemorroidal ointment; Caines; Cinchocaine; Dibucaine; Local anaesthetics; Photocontact dermatitis; Photopatch testing; Photosensitivity

Indexed keywords

BENZOCAINE; CINCHOCAINE; CORTICOSTEROID; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; TETRACAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; OINTMENT; PATCH TEST; PHOTODERMATOSIS; PHOTOPATCH TEST; SKIN ALLERGY; SUNLIGHT; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0031657905     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1998.tb05870.x     Document Type: Article

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