Erythema multiforme following allergic contact dermatitis: Case report and literature review

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 559-561

  Wiedemeyer, Katharina ^a   Enk, Alexander ^a   Jappe, Uta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; 4-PHENYLENEDIAMINE; HAIR DYE; PHENYLENEDIAMINE; PHENYLENEDIAMINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; DERMATITIS; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LETTER; LYMPHADENITIS; PATCH TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN DEFECT; PATHOLOGY; SKIN;

ADOLESCENT; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; FEMALE; HAIR DYES; HUMANS; PATCH TESTS; PHENYLENEDIAMINES; SKIN;

EID: 38849202619     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0316     Document Type: Letter

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