Contact dermatitis due to Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd, simulating a phototoxic reaction

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 113-114

  Massmanian, Antranick ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Christmas flower; Euphorbiaceae; Eurphorbia pulcherrima; Irritant contact dermatitis; Plants; Poinsettia

Indexed keywords

EUPHORBIA EXTRACT; IRRITANT AGENT; LATEX;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ERYTHEMA; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PATCH TEST; PLANT; STANDARD; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ALLERGENS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, PHOTOTOXIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EUPHORBIACEAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 0031933557     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1998.tb05668.x     Document Type: Article

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