Hypersensitivity from dental acrylates in a patient previously sensitized to artificial nails

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 119-120

  Jung, Peter ^a   Jarisch, R ^a   Hemmer, W ^a  

^a FAZ Floridsdorf Allergy Centre   (Austria)

Author keywords

2 HEMA; Acrylates; Allergic contact dermatitis; Dental materials; Sculptured nails

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID; CORTICOSTEROID; NICKEL; PAINT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CASE REPORT; DENTAL SURGERY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; NAIL; PAIN; PATCH TEST; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN SENSITIZATION; TOOTH CROWN;

ACRYLATES; COSMETICS; CROWNS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS; PATCH TESTS;

EID: 22844435854     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2005.0650f.x     Document Type: Article

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