Parthenium dermatitis presenting as erythroderma

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 182-183

  Agarwal, K K ^a   Kumar Nath, A ^a   Jaisankar, T J ^a   D'Souza, M ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Erythroderma; Parthenium dermatitis; Patch test

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CONTACT ALLERGEN; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ERYTHRODERMA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; PARTHENIUM; PARTHENIUM DERMATITIS; PATCH TEST; PLANT DERMATITIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN PRURITUS;

AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AIR POLLUTANTS; ALLERGENS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; RISK FACTORS; TANACETUM PARTHENIUM;

EID: 50249138257     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2008.01392.x     Document Type: Article

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