Mercury exposure and cutaneous disease

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 43, Issue 1 I, 2000, Pages 81-90

  Boyd, Alan S ^a   Seger, Donna ^a   Vannucci, Stephen ^a   Langley, Melissa ^a   Abraham, Jerrold L ^b   King Jr , Lloyd E ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHELATING AGENT; CYSTEINE; DIMERCAPROL; ETHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; MERBROMIN; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MERCURIC OXIDE; MERCURY DERIVATIVE; METHYLMERCURY; N ACETYLPENICILLAMINE; PENICILLAMINE; PHENYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; SUCCIMER; THIOMERSAL; UNITHIOL;

ACRODYNIA; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHELATION THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DERMADROME; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HEMODIALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MALE; MERCURIALISM; MOUTH LESION; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PATCH TEST; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REVIEW; SKIN BIOPSY; TATTOOING; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0034234672     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mjd.2000.106360     Document Type: Article

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