Contact urticaria from Emla® cream

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 51, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 284-287

  Waton, J ^a   Boulanger, A ^a   Trechot, P H ^b   Schmutz, J L ^a   Barbaud, A ^a  

^a SERVICE DE DERMATOLOGIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

Author keywords

Contact urticaria; Lack of cross reaction; Lidocaine; Local anaesthetic; Medicaments

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; EMLA; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTACT URTICARIA; CROSS REACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INJECTION; INTRACUTANEOUS TEST; PATCH TEST; PRICK TEST;

ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INTRADERMAL TESTS; LIDOCAINE; MIDDLE AGED; OINTMENTS; PATCH TESTS; PRILOCAINE; URTICARIA;

EID: 11144290093     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2004.00475.x     Document Type: Article

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