Allergic contact dermatitis from ethylcyanoacrylate in an office worker with artificial nails led to months of sick leave

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 346-347

  Isaksson, M ^a   Siemund, I ^a   Bruze, M ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Ethylcyanoacrylate; Nail cosmetics; Occupational; Patch test; Plastics

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYANOACRYLATE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLCYANOACRYLATE; NICKEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLERGY TEST; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DERMATOLOGY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL LEAVE; PATCH TEST; PATIENT REFERRAL; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; COSMETICS; CYANOACRYLATES; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; NAILS; PATCH TESTS; SICK LEAVE;

EID: 35248815952     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2007.01133.x     Document Type: Article

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