Allergic contact dermatitis from common ivy confirmed with stored allergens

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 259-260

  Sánchez Pérez, Javier ^a   Córdoba, Susana ^a   Hausen, Björn M ^b   Moreno De Vega, María José ^a   Aragüés, Maximiliano ^a   García Díez, Amaro ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

^b Kreiskrankenhaus Buxtehude ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Common ivy; Didehydrofalcarinol; Falcarinol; Hedera helix L. subsp. helix; Plants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; MALE; PATCH TEST; PLANT; SKIN ALLERGY;

EID: 0031784760     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1998.tb05922.x     Document Type: Article

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