Prurigo pigmentosa in a patient with nickel sensitivity

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 228-230

  Atasoy, M ^a   Timur, H ^a   Arslan, R ^b   Ozdemir, S ^a   Gursan, N ^a   Erdem, T ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Bingol State Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; NICKEL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURIGO PIGMENTOSA; SKIN BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; NICKEL; PRURIGO;

EID: 58449136599     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2008.02811.x     Document Type: Letter

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