Bullous Contact Dermatitis Caused by Self-Applied Crushed Paederus fuscipes for the Treatment of Vitiligo

Cutis

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 385-388

  You, Dong O ^a   Kang, Jung Dae ^a   Youn, Nyoung Hoon ^a   Park, Seok Don ^b,c  

^a Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

^b Wonkwang Institute of Medical Science   (South Korea)

^c Wonkwang University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; METHOXSALEN; PEDERIN; STEROID; SULFADIAZINE; TOXIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARM; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BLISTER; BULLOUS DERMATITIS; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INSECT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; NECK; NEUTROPHILIA; PAIN; PATHOLOGY; RASH; SELF MEDICATION; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN TINGLING; STEROID THERAPY; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TOPICAL TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITILIGO;

ANIMALS; ARM; BEETLES; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; SELF MEDICATION; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL; VITILIGO;

EID: 0346848698     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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