Prolonged paresthesia due to sculptured acrylic nails

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 298-299

  Slodownik, Dan ^a,b   Williams, Jason D ^a,b   Tate, Bruce J ^b  

^a Occupational Dermatology Research and Education Centre   (Australia)

^b SKIN AND CANCER FOUNDATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acrylates; Allergic contact dermatitis; Paresthesia; Sculptured acrylic nails

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYETHYL METHACRYLATE; ACRYLIC ACID; COSMETIC; ETHYLENE GLYCOL DIMETHACRYLATE; HYDROXYPROPYL METHACRYLATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DERMATITIS; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FINGER NAIL; HUMAN; PARESTHESIA; PATCH TEST; RASH;

ACRYLATES; ADULT; ALLERGENS; COSMETICS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; NAILS; PARESTHESIA; PATCH TESTS;

EID: 34247199022     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2006.01042.x     Document Type: Article

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