Contact allergy from vitamins in cosmetic products

Dermatitis

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 154-156

  Santos, Aquilina Ramírez ^a,b   Fernández Redondo, Virginia ^a   Pérez, Lidia Pérez ^a   Cao, Javier Concheiro ^a   Toribio, Jaime ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; COSMETIC; HYDROCORTISONE; VITAMIN; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESQUAMATION; ECZEMA; EYELID DERMATITIS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NECK; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; ROSACEA; SKIN ALLERGY;

ADULT; ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; COSMETICS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; FACE; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; SKIN; VITAMIN K; VITAMINS;

EID: 49249137805     PISSN: 17103568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/6620.2008.07005     Document Type: Article

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