Rue the herb: Ruta graveolens-associated phytophototoxicity

Dermatitis

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-55

  Eickhorst, Kimberly ^a,b   DeLeo, Vincent ^a   Csaposs, Joan ^a  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CETIRIZINE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; HYDROCORTISONE; PREDNISONE; PSORALEN DERIVATIVE; RUTA GRAVEOLENS EXTRACT; STEROID; SUNSCREEN; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHEMA; EXERCISE; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; HEAT; HERB; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; PHOTOALLERGY; PHOTODERMATOSIS; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RURAL AREA; RUTACEAE; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN SENSITIVITY; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, PHOTOTOXIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RUTA;

EID: 34047225841     PISSN: 17103568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/6620.2007.06033     Document Type: Article

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