Patch testing with thin-layer chromatograms of chamomile tea in patients allergic to sesquiterpene lactones

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 218-223

  Lundh, Kerstin ^a,b   Gruvberger, Birgitta ^a   Möller, Halvor ^a   Persson, Lena ^a   Hindsén, Monica ^a   Zimerson, Erik ^a   Svensson, Åke ^a   Bruze, Magnus ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b HALMSTAD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chamomile; Contact allergy; Parthenolide; Sesquiterpene lactones; Tea; Thin layer chromatography

Indexed keywords

CHAMOMILE; SESQUITERPENE LACTONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MATRICARIA; PATCH TEST; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN TEST; TEA; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 34548593845     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2007.01226.x     Document Type: Article

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