Effects of pretreatment with a urea-containing emollient on nickel allergic skin reactions

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-12

  Kuzmina, Natalia ^a   Nyrén, Miruna ^a   Lodén, Marie ^b   Edlund, Fredrik ^b   Emtestam, Lennart ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ACO Hud AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Electrical impedance; Transepidermal water loss; Urea

Indexed keywords

CANODERM; CARBOMER; CETOSTEARYLIC ALCOHOL; DIMETICONE; EMOLLIENT AGENT; GLYCEROL STEARATE; GLYCERYL POLYMETHACRYLATE; HUMECTANT; HYDROGENATED CANOLA OIL; LACTATE SODIUM; LACTIC ACID; MACROGOL STEARATE; METHYL PARABEN; NICKEL; NICKEL SULFATE; OIL; PARAFFIN; PETROLATUM; POLYMETHACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLYSORBATE 60; PROPYL PARABEN; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; WATER; WATER OIL CREAM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIZATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN WATER LOSS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EMOLLIENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NICKEL; PATCH TESTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; UREA; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE;

EID: 13844294047     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015550410021682     Document Type: Article

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