Persistent nodules at sites of hepatitis B vaccination due to aluminium sensitization

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 135-136

  Skowron, F ^a   Grezard P ^a   Berard F ^a   Balme, B ^a   Perrot, H ^a  

^a Hopital de l'Antiquaille   (France)

Author keywords

Aluminium chloride; Aluminium hypersensitivity; Benign cutaneous lymphocytoma; Finn chambers; Hepatitis B vaccination; Patch testing technique; Persistent nodules

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM SALT; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPERTRICHOSIS; INCONTINENTIA PIGMENTI; INJECTION SITE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LYMPHOCYTOMA; PATCH TEST; SKIN NODULE; VACCINATION;

ADULT; ALUMINUM; ARM; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; PATCH TESTS;

EID: 0031679964     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1998.tb05865.x     Document Type: Article

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