Erythrodermic phytophotodermatitis after application of aqueous fig-leaf extract as an artificial suntan promoter and sunbathing

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 94-95

  Bassioukas, Konstantinos ^a   Stergiopoulou, Christina ^a   Hatzis, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Erythroderma; Fig; Phytophotodermatitis; Phytophototoxic contact dermatitis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; FIG LEAF EXTRACT; FUROCOUMARIN; PLANT EXTRACT; PSORALEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHRODERMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; ITALY; MALE; PHOTODERMATOSIS; PHOTOTOXICITY; PHYTOPHOTODERMATOSIS; PLANT LEAF; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN EDEMA; SUNBURN;

ADULT; CHILD; DERMATITIS, EXFOLIATIVE; DERMATITIS, PHOTOALLERGIC; FEMALE; FICUS; HUMANS; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; SUNSCREENING AGENTS;

EID: 4944251086     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2004.0396g.x     Document Type: Article

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