Clinical and immunologic features of systemic contact dermatitis from ingestion of Rhus (Toxicodendron)

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 251-254

  Oh, Seok Hun ^a   Haw, Choong Rim ^a   Lee, Mu Hyoung ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Clinical and immunologic features; Lymphocyte subsets; Rhus; Systemic contact dermatitis

Indexed keywords

PAINT;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; ERYTHRODERMA; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INGESTION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPHILIA; POISON IVY; RASH; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SUPPRESSOR CELL; SYSTEMIC CONTACT DERMATITIS; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; DERMATITIS, TOXICODENDRON; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PLANTS, TOXIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHUS; TOXICODENDRON;

EID: 0042090048     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0536.2003.00103.x     Document Type: Article

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