Contact vitiligo following a strong patch test reaction to triglycidyl-p-aminophenol in an aircraft industry worker: Case report and review of the literature

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 89-92

  Jappe, Uta ^a   Geier, J ^b   Hausen, B M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c Dermatology Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aircraft industry; Contact vitiligo; Delayed type hypersensitivity reaction; Epoxy resin; TGPAP preimpregnated epoxy products; Triglycidyl p aminophenol

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHENOL DERIVATIVE; EPOXY RESIN; NICKEL SULFATE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AIRPLANE CREW; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PATCH TEST; VITILIGO;

AIRCRAFT; AMINOPHENOLS; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; VITILIGO;

EID: 22844437987     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2005.00651.x     Document Type: Article

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