Urticaria induced by Etoxisclerol® (polidocanol) [20]

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 261-262

  Henriquez Santana, A ^a   Fernandez guarino, M ^b   Gonzalez de Olano D ^a   Gonzalez Cervera, J ^a   Huertas Barbudo, B ^a   Aldanondo, I ^b  

^a Department of Allergy ^*  (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; POLIDOCANOL;

ADULT; APPLICATION SITE EDEMA; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; EYELID EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG VARICOSIS; LETTER; PATCH TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN EDEMA; URTICARIA;

BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS; SKIN; URTICARIA; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 38349016975     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2007.02313.x     Document Type: Letter

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