Allergic contact dermatitis to plants in a Spanish dermatology department: A 7-year review

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 84-91

  Cabanillas, Miguel ^a,b   Fernández Redondo, Virginia ^a   Toribio, Jaime ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Diallyl disulfide; Lichens; Plants; Primin; Sesquiterpene lactones; Tulipalin A; Wood

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ALPHA METHYLENE BUTYROLACTONE; DIALLYL DISULFIDE; DIMETHYLCARBAMIC ACID 1 ISOPROPYL 3 METHYLPYRAZOL 5 YL ESTER; SESQUITERPENE LACTONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAND ECZEMA; HUMAN; LICHENS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATCH TEST; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; RURAL POPULATION; SKIN ALLERGY; SPAIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLERGENS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PATCH TESTS; PLANT COMPONENTS; PLANTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPAIN; WOOD;

EID: 33745909136     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2006.00888.x     Document Type: Article

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