Positive patch test reactions to formaldehyde releasers indicating contact allergy to formaldehyde

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 175-177

  Geier, Johannes ^a   Lessmann, Holger ^a   Hellriegel, Simin ^a   Fuchs, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Formaldehyde; Formaldehyde releasers; Metalworking fluids; Occupational contact dermatitis; Patch testing

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT ALLERGY; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATCH TEST;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FORMALDEHYDE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; PATCH TESTS;

EID: 39049173576     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2007.01223.x     Document Type: Article

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