Thimerosal positivities patch testing to methylmercury chloride in subjects sensitive to ethylmercury chloride

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 8-13

  Santucci, B ^a   Cannistraci, C ^a   Cristaudo, A ^a   Camera, E ^a   Picardo, M ^a  

^a SAN GALLICANO DERMATOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alkyl mercury compounds; Allergic contact dermatitis; Divalent ions; Ethylmercury chloride; Metallothioneins; Methylmercury chloride; Patch test standard series; SH groups; Thimerosal

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; ETHYLMERCURIC CHLORIDE; GLUTATHIONE; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MANGANESE CHLORIDE; METHYLMERCURIC CHLORIDE; ORGANOMERCURY COMPOUND; THIOSALICYLIC ACID; XENOBIOTIC AGENT; ZINC CHLORIDE; ZINC SULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATCH TEST; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SOLUBILITY;

ADULT; CHLORIDES; CYSTEINE; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; ETHYLMERCURIC CHLORIDE; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; ORGANOMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PATCH TESTS; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; THIMEROSAL; ZINC COMPOUNDS; ZINC SULFATE;

EID: 0032938572     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1999.tb05969.x     Document Type: Article

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