Occupational IgE-mediated contact urticaria from diphenylmethane-4,4'-diisocyanate (MDI)

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 50-51

  Kanerva, Lasse ^a   Grenquist Nordén, Brita ^a   Piirilä, Päivi ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Carpenter; Contact urticaria; Cross reaction; Diphenylmethane 4,4' diisocyanate; IgE mediated; MDI; Occupational; Respiratory effect; TDI; Toluene diisocyanate

Indexed keywords

DIPHENYLMETHANE 4,4' DIISOCYANATE; GLUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; ISOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPENTER; CASE REPORT; CONTACT URTICARIA; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; PATCH TEST; PRICK TEST;

EID: 0032764924     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1999.tb06215.x     Document Type: Article

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