Lymphedema of the hand following recurrent erysipelas secondary to fissured irritant contact dermatitis

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 368-369

  Proske, Sylvia ^a   Uter, Wolfgang ^a   Schwantz, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Irritant contact dermatitis; Lymphedema; Occupational hand dermatitis; Recurrent erysipelas

Indexed keywords

ANTISTREPTOLYSIN; GLYCEROL DERIVATIVE; THIOGLYCOLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; ERYSIPELAS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HAIRDRESSER; HAND; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; LYMPHANGITIS; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHEDEMA; MASSAGE; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; PATCH TEST; RECURRENT DISEASE; STREPTOLYSIN TITER;

ANTISTREPTOLYSIN; ANTITHROMBIN III; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; DRAINAGE; ERYSIPELAS; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0034126885     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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