Prevalence of botanical extract allergy in patients with contact dermatitis

Dermatitis

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 67-72

  Simpson, Eric L ^a   Law, Sandra V ^a   Storrs, Frances J ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLANTOIN; ALOE VERA EXTRACT; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTHRANILIC ACID METHYL ESTER; ARNICA MONTANA EXTRACT; BERGAMOT OIL; CASTOR OIL; CHAMOMILE; CHRYSANTHEMUM EXTRACT; DANDELION EXTRACT; EUCALYPTUS EXTRACT; GERANIUM EXTRACT; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; HAMAMELIS EXTRACT; ISOEUGENOL; LAVENDER OIL; LIMONENE; MENTHA SPICATA EXTRACT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; OLIVE OIL; PEPPERMINT; PLANT EXTRACT; PROPOLIS; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; ROSE OIL; TANACETUM PARTHENIUM EXTRACT; TEA TREE OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; USNIC ACID; YLANG YLANG OIL;

ARTICLE; BOTANICAL EXTRACT ALLERGY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATCH TEST; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SKIN TEST;

EID: 4143136341     PISSN: 17103568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/6620.2004.04009     Document Type: Article

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