Tropical-wood-induced bullous erythema multiforme

Dermatology

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-62

  Shimizu, Satoko ^a,c   Chen, Ko Ron ^a   Pratchyapruit, Walai Orn ^b   Shimizu, Hiroshi ^b  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contact allergy; Erythema multiforme; Wood

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ALLERGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; FEMALE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOOD;

EID: 0033974630     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000018320     Document Type: Article

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