Contact urticaria from 2-phenoxyethanol

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 54-

  Hernandez B ^a   Ortiz Frutos, F J ^a   Garcia M ^a   Palencia, S ^a   Garcia M C ^a   Iglesias, L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Contact urticaria; Cosmetics; Euxyl K 400; Phenoxyethanol; Preservatives

Indexed keywords

2 PHENOXYETHANOL; EUXYL K 400; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT URTICARIA; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATCH TEST; PRICK TEST;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; COSMETICS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ETHYLENE GLYCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATCH TESTS;

EID: 18544368533     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0536.2002.470116.x     Document Type: Article

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