Oral erosions as a manifestation of allergic contact sensitivity to cinnamon mints

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 46-47

  Nadiminti, Hari ^a   Ehrlich, Alison ^b   Udey, Mark C ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Building 10 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Allergic contact stomatitis; Cinnamic aldehyde; Mints; Oral erosions

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; DESMOGLEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BLISTER; CASE REPORT; CINNAMON; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOUTH MUCOSA; PATCH TEST; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROVOCATION TEST; SKIN ALLERGY; STOMATITIS;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; CANDY; CINNAMOMUM; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; ORAL ULCER; PATCH TESTS;

EID: 14344260488     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2005.0483c.x     Document Type: Article

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