Patients with vulval pruritus: Patch test results

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 296-298

  Utaş, Serap ^a   Ferahbaş, Ayten ^a   Yildiz, Sinem ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Contact dermatitis; Cosmetics; Irritant contact dermatitis; Medicaments; Patch test; Preservatives; Vulval pruritus

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; 5 CHLORO 2 METHYL 4 ISOTHIAZOLIN 3 ONE; ALLERGEN; COCAMIDOPROPYL BETAINE; COSMETIC; DODECYL GALLATE; FRAGRANCE; GALLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MYROXYLON PEREIRAE EXTRACT; NICKEL SULFATE; OCTYLGALLATE; PRESERVATIVE; RESIN; SALICYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; STREPTOMYCIN SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERTRIGO; LICHEN; LICHEN SCLEROATROPHICUS; MYROXYLON PEREIRAE; NEURODERMATITIS; PATCH TEST; PSORIASIS; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VULVA PRURITUS;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; ALLERGENS; COSMETICS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, IRRITANT; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; PRESERVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL; PRURITUS VULVAE; VULVAR DISEASES;

EID: 42149148034     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2008.01325.x     Document Type: Article

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