Comparison of patch test contact sensitivity to acetone and aqueous extracts of Parthenium hysterophorus in patients with airborne contact dermatitis

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 230-232

  Sharma, Vinod Kumar ^a   Sethuraman, Gomathy ^a   Tejasvi, Trilokraj ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Acetone extract; Airborne contact dermatitis; Aqueous extract; Parthenium hysterophorus; Patch test

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; PARTHENIUM HYSTEROPHORUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRYSANTHEMUM; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTACT SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DILUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTHENIUM; PATCH TEST; PLANT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; XANTIUM;

ACETONE; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTERACEAE; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATCH TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; SOLVENTS; WATER;

EID: 3042545283     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2004.0318.x     Document Type: Article

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