Contact sensitization in patients with chronic venous leg ulcers in Singapore

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 94-98

  Lim, Kar Seng ^a   Tang, Mark Boon Yang ^a   Goon, Anthony Teik Jin ^a   Leow, Yung Hian ^a  

^a NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Leg ulcers; Stasis dermatitis; Topical traditional Chinese medicaments

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BALSAM; CHINESE DRUG; POVIDONE IODINE; ROSIN; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTACT SENSITIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MALE; PATCH TEST; SINGAPORE; WOUND DRESSING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLERGENS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE;

EID: 33846464179     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2007.00987.x     Document Type: Article

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