Contact allergy to glucocorticosteroids in patients with chronic venous leg ulcers, atopic dermatitis and contact allergy

Acta Dermatovenerologica Croatica

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 72-78

  Zmudzinska, Maria ^a   Czarnecka Operacz, Magdalena ^a   Silny, Wojciech ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Contact allergy; Contact dermatitis; Glucocorticosteroids; Venous leg ulcers

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; BALSAM PERU; BENZOCAINE; BETAMETHASONE VALERATE; BUDESONIDE; CLIOQUINOL; COBALT CHLORIDE; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; DISULFIRAM; EPOXY RESIN; FORMALDEHYDE; FRAGRANCE; GENTAMICIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLYCOGENIN; KATHON CG; LANOLIN; LANOLIN ALCOHOL; MERCAPTOBENZOTHIAZOLE; NEOMYCIN; PARAPHENYLENEDIAMINE; PHENYLENEDIAMINE DERIVATIVE; QUATERNIUM 15; ROSIN; SESQUITERPENE LACTONE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; TIXOCORTOL; TIXOCORTOL PIVALATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTROL GROUP; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATCH TEST; PREVALENCE; RANK SUM TEST; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLERGENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INFANT; LEG ULCER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 45849104556     PISSN: 1330027X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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