Contact urticaria from Matricaria chamomilla

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 360-361

  Foti, Caterina ^a   Nettis, Eustachio ^a   Panebianco, Rosanna ^a   Cassano, Nicoletta ^a   Diaferio, Annalisa ^a   Porzia Pia, Dambra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chamomile tea; Compositae; Contact urticaria; Eyelids; Herbal remedies; Matricaria chamomilla; Plant extracts

Indexed keywords

CHAMOMILE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTEMISIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT URTICARIA; EYELID EDEMA; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATRICARIA; PRICK TEST; PROVOCATION TEST; PRURITUS; TEA;

ADULT; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; CHAMOMILE; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; EYELID DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SKIN TESTS; TEA;

EID: 0034033888     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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