Ciclosporin in parthenium dermatitis - A report of 2 cases

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 245-248

  Lakshmi, Chembolli ^a   Srinivas, C R ^a   Jayaraman, Alamelu ^a  

^a PSG HOSPITALS   (India)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Ciclosporin; Parthenium dermatitis; Type I hypersensitivity; Type IV hypersensitivity

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; STEROID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; PARTHENIUM HYSTEROPHORUS; PATCH TEST; PLANT; PRICK TEST; PRURITUS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AGED; CYCLOSPORINE; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; FACIAL DERMATOSES; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; TANACETUM PARTHENIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 53149154523     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2007.01208.x     Document Type: Article

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