Contact dermatitis to compound tincture of benzoin applied under occlusion [5]

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 62-63

  Lakshmi, Chembolli ^a   Srinivas, C R ^a,b  

^a PSG INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b PSG HOSPITALS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOIN; CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE; WHITE PETROLATUM;

BURNING SENSATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ERYTHEMA; FOOT; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; LETTER; MICROPORE TAPE OCCLUSION; PAPULE; PATCH TEST; SKIN FISSURE; THERAPY;

EID: 32044434884     PISSN: 03786323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.19726     Document Type: Letter

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