Possible anergy after generalized orally elicited allergic contact dermatitis to corticosteroid

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 126-128

  Thong, Haw Yueh ^a   Yokota, Miki ^a   Chan, Heidi ^a   Maibach, Howard I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Anergy; Corticosteroid; Excited skin syndrome; Patch testing; Skin hypersensitivity; Skin hyporeactivity

Indexed keywords

ALCLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; ALLOPURINOL; ATORVASTATIN; AZELASTINE; BETAMETHASONE VALERATE; BUDESONIDE; CARBIDOPA PLUS LEVODOPA; CEFACLOR; CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; DICLOFENAC; FUROSEMIDE; IBUPROFEN; INDOMETACIN; LABETALOL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NAPROXEN; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PRAMIPEXOLE; TAMSULOSIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; VALSARTAN;

AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; CLONAL ANERGY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; PATCH TEST; PHYSICIAN; PROVOCATION TEST; REPEATED OPEN APPLICATION TEST; TENDINITIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; DRUG ERUPTIONS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MALE; PATCH TESTS; SKIN;

EID: 38049023422     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2007.01205.x     Document Type: Article

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