Contact allergy to isoeugenol and its derivatives: Problems with allergen substitution

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 51, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 288-291

  Tanaka, S ^a   Royds, C ^a   Buckley, D ^a   Basketter, D A ^b   Goossens, A ^c   Bruze, M ^d   Svedman, C ^d   Menne T ^e   Johansen, J D ^e   White, I R ^a   McFadden, J P ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Contact allergy; Cross reactivity; Derivatives; Isoeugenol; Skin metabolism

Indexed keywords

ALKOXYBENZENE DERIVATIVE; ALLERGEN; BENZYL ISOEUGENYL ETHER; ISOEUGENOL; ISOEUGENOL ACETATE; ISOEUGENYL BENZOATE; ISOEUGENYL METHYL ETHER; ISOEUGENYL PHENYLACETATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLISM; PATCH TEST;

ALLERGENS; BENZOATES; CROSS REACTIONS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; EUGENOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMERISM; MALE; METHYL ETHERS; PATCH TESTS; PHENYLACETATES;

EID: 19944370081     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2004.00446.x     Document Type: Article

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