Treatment of parthenium dermatitis with methotrexate

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 118-119

  Sharma, Vinod K ^a   Bhat, Radhakrishna ^a   Sethuraman, Gomathy ^a   Manchanda, Yashpal ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Airborne contact dermatitis; Chronic actinic dermatitis; Methotrexate; Parthenium dermatitis; Plant dermatitis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; FOLIC ACID; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; SUNSCREEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DERMATITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PARTHENIUM DERMATITIS; PARTHENIUM HYSTEROPHORUS; PATCH TEST; SKIN TEST; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEED;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGENS; CISTACEAE; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447342517     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2006.00950.x     Document Type: Article

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