Contact allergy to topical corticosteroids and systemic allergy to prednisolone

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 121-122

  Mckenna, D B ^a   Murphy, G M ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Cross sensitization; Medicaments; Oral prednisolone; Systemic contact dermatitis; Topical corticosteroids

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTACT ALLERGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATCH TEST; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ALLERGENS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 0031909036     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1998.tb05675.x     Document Type: Article

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