Allergic contact dermatitis due to sodium metabisulfite in a bleaching cream

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 123-124

  Huang, Pei Ying ^a   Chu, Chia Yu ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Bleaching cream; Hydroquinone; Sodium metabisulfite

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING AGENT; SODIUM METABISULFITE;

ADULT; ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREAM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECZEMA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; PAPULE; PATCH TEST; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

ALLERGENS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; SULFITES;

EID: 33846413928     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2007.00962.x     Document Type: Article

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