Inconsistent intracutaneous and patch test results in a patient allergic to mepivacaine and prilocaine

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 197-199

  Kanerva, Lasse ^a   Alanko, Kristiina ^a   Estlander, Tuula ^a   Jolanki, Riitta ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Amide anesthetics; Cross reactivity; Intracutaneous test; Medicaments; Mepivacaine; Prilocaine

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; MEPIVACAINE; PRILOCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CONTACT ALLERGY; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACUTANEOUS TEST; PATCH TEST;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; MEPIVACAINE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; PRILOCAINE;

EID: 0031752150     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1998.tb05897.x     Document Type: Article

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