Two cases of pacemaker allergic dermatitis treated with polytetrafluoroethylene sheet

Therapeutic Research

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 991-998

  Yamamoto, Masato ^a   Uchiyama, Mariko ^a   Nakajima, Shizuka ^a   Hanyaku, Hiroshi ^a   Suda, Yuji ^a   Niinami, Hiroshi ^a   Kono, Koji ^a   Tabata, Mimiko ^a   Sasaki, Akihito ^a   Asano, Ryota ^a   Ikeda, Masahiro ^a   Kataoka, Go ^a   Harada, Takashi ^a   Takeuchi, Yasuo ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; DEVICE REMOVAL; EOSINOPHIL; FOREIGN BODY; GENERATOR; GIANT CELL; GRANULOMATOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; PATCH TEST; RARE DISEASE; RECURRENCE RISK; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CULTURE; SKIN ULCER; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SUPERINFECTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3042791432     PISSN: 02898020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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