Management of chronic hand eczema

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 203-210

  Diepgen, Thomas L ^a,i   Agner, Tove ^b   Aberer, Werner ^c   Berth Jones, John ^d   Cambazard, Frédéric ^e   Elsner, Peter ^f   McFadden, John ^g   Coenraads, Pieter Jan ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e Department of Dermatology ^*  (France)

^f FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^g ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contact dermatitis; Hand eczema; Occupation; Randomized clinical trials; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; COAL TAR; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; CYCLOSPORIN; DISULFIRAM; EMOLLIENT AGENT; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; METAL CHELATE; METHOTREXATE; PIMECROLIMUS; PRIMROSE OIL; PSORALEN; RANITIDINE; RETINOID; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; TRIENTINE;

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HAND ECZEMA; HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TOPICAL TREATMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHOTOTHERAPY;

EID: 34548557515     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2007.01179.x     Document Type: Review

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