Phytodermatitis from Ceratocephalus falcatus

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 314-316

  Metin, Ahmet ^a   Çalka, Ömer ^a   Akdeniz, Necmettin ^a   Behçet, Lütfi ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anemonin; Ceratocephalus falcatus; Herbal remedies; Irritant; Phytodermatitis; Plants; Protoanemonin; Ranunculaceae; Ranunculin; Toxic; Vesicant

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CERATOCEPHALUS FALCATUS EXTRACT; CETIRIZINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GLYCOSIDE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYDROXYZINE; OXYGEN RADICAL; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTOANEMONIN; RANUNCULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BURN; CASE REPORT; CERATOCEPHALUS FALCATUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MITOSIS INHIBITION; PHYTODERMATITIS; PLANT DERMATITIS; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN ULCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGENS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; MALE; RANUNCULACEAE;

EID: 20544446693     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2005.00587.x     Document Type: Article

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