Occupational contact sensitization to corticosteroids

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 328-329

  Lauerma, Antti I ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Corticosteroids; Hydrocortisone; Medicaments; Occupational; Pharmacist; Prednisolone; Tixocortol pivalate

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; TIXOCORTOL PIVALATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTACT SENSITIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; PATCH TEST; PHARMACIST; PROVOCATION TEST;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ALLERGENS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATCH TESTS; PHARMACISTS;

EID: 0032443749     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1998.tb05964.x     Document Type: Article

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