Allergic contact dermatitis from glyceryl trinitrate ointment

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 246-

  McKenna, K E ^a  

^a Royal Victoria Hospitals Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Glyceryl trinitrate; Lanolin; Medicaments; Pruritus ani

Indexed keywords

CORONARY VASODILATING AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; ANUS PRURITUS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTACT DERMATITIS; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; MALE; OINTMENT; SKIN ALLERGY;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DRUG ERUPTIONS; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGLYCERIN; OINTMENTS; PATCH TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PRURITUS ANI;

EID: 0034023027     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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