Allergic contact dermatitis to idebenone used as an antioxidant in an anti-wrinkle cream

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 117-118

  Sasseville, Denis ^a   Moreau, Linda ^a   Al Sowaidi, Mowza ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Antioxidant; Coenzyme Q10; Cosmetics; Idebenone; Sensitization; Ubiquinone

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIOXIDANT; COSMETIC; IDEBENONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CREAM; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; EAR; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NECK; PATCH TEST; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN EDEMA; TREATMENT DURATION; WRINKLE;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ALLERGENS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BENZOQUINONES; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; SKIN AGING;

EID: 33846457880     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2007.00955.x     Document Type: Article

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