Combined contact allergy to tea tree oil and lavender oil complicating chronic vulvovaginitis*

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 309-310

  Varma, S ^a   Blackford, S ^a   Statham, B N ^a   Blackwell, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Essential oils; Herbal remedies; Lavender oil; Medicaments; Tea tree oil

Indexed keywords

CLOBETASONE BUTYRATE; EMOLLIENT AGENT; LAVENDER OIL; MICONAZOLE NITRATE; NYSTATIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; QUATERNIUM 15; TEA TREE OIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREAM; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATCH TEST; VULVOVAGINITIS;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; OILS, VOLATILE; PATCH TESTS; PLANT OILS; TEA TREE OIL;

EID: 0034050780     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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