Allergic contact dermatitis caused by colophony in an epilating product

Dermatitis

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 96-98

  Quain, Rhonda D ^a   Militello, Giuseppe ^a   Crawford, Glen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROSIN; STEROID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; EDEMA; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; PATCH TEST; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RASH; SENSITIZATION; SKIN ALLERGY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HAIR REMOVAL; HUMANS; PATCH TESTS; RESINS, PLANT; WAXES;

EID: 34547231737     PISSN: 17103568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/6620.2007.06015     Document Type: Article

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