Contact allergy to 'caines' caused by anti-hemorrhoidal ointments

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 221-222

  Lodi, A ^a   Ambonati, M ^a   Coassini, A ^a   Kouhdari, Z ^a   Palvarini, M ^a   Crosti, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reaction; Allergic contact dermatitis; Amethocaine; Anti hemorrhoidal ointments; Benzocaine; Cinchocaine; Dibucaine; Lidocaine; Lignocaine; Local anesthetics; Medicaments; Patch testing technique; Tetracaine

Indexed keywords

BENZOCAINE; CINCHOCAINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NEFLUAN; RECTO REPARIL; RUSCAROID; TETRACAINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

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

EID: 0032888736     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1999.tb06136.x     Document Type: Article

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