Contact dermatitis from levobunolol eyedrops

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 44-46

  Erdmann, Stephan ^a   Hertl, Michael ^a   Merk, Hans F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Cross reactivity; Eyedrops; Eyelid dermatitis; Glaucoma; Levobunolol; Medicaments; blockers

Indexed keywords

EYE DROPS; LEVOBUNOLOL;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLEPHARITIS; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DERMATITIS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EYELID; FEMALE; HUMAN; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PATCH TEST; SKIN ALLERGY; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0032782402     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1999.tb06211.x     Document Type: Article

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