Contact allergy to cinnamon: Case report

Journal of the Canadian Dental Association

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 445-448

  Tremblay, Steve ^a   Avon, Sylvie Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAVORING AGENT; VEGETABLE OIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEWING GUM; CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MOUTH ULCER; PATHOLOGY; SKIN ALLERGY; STOMATITIS;

ADULT; CHEWING GUM; CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLAVORING AGENTS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; ORAL ULCER; PLANT OILS; STOMATITIS;

EID: 45349090675     PISSN: 07098936     EISSN: 14882159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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