Anaphylaxis due to formaldehyde released from root-canal disinfectant

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 215-218

  Kunisada, Makoto ^a   Adachi, Atsuko ^a   Asano, Hiroshi ^b   Horikawa, Tatsuya ^b  

^a Hyogo Prefectural Kakogawa Hospital   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaphylaxis; Delayed type hypersensitivity; Dental patients; Formaldehyde; Immediate type hypersensitivity; Paraformaldehyde; Root canal disinfectants; Specific IgE

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT; FORMALDEHYDE; NEOPARAFORMPASTA; PARAFORMALDEHYDE; PERIODON; ZINC OXIDE EUGENOL;

ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DISINFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; PATCH TEST; PRICK TEST; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; TOOTH ROOT CANAL;

ALLERGENS; ANAPHYLAXIS; DISINFECTANTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROOT CANAL THERAPY;

EID: 0036822990     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0536.2002.470405.x     Document Type: Article

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