Contact dermatitis to pentylene glycol in a prescription cream for atopic dermatitis: Case report

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 810-812

  Amado, Antoine ^b   Taylor, James S ^a   Murray, Debora A ^b   Reynolds, Jeffrey S ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; MIMYX; PENTYLENE GLYCOL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DRUG FORMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; CANNABINOIDS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; OINTMENTS; PALMITIC ACIDS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 45349096912     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.144.6.810     Document Type: Letter

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