Contact sensitivity to 'advanced' wound dressings in 116 patients with leg ulcers

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 107-

  Motolese, Alberico ^a   Capriata, Sarah ^a   Simonelli, Marta ^a  

^a OSPEDALE DI CIRCOLO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Contact sensitization; Leg ulcer; Treatment wound dressing

Indexed keywords

METHACRYLIC ACID BUTYL ESTER; METHACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; METHACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTACT SENSITIVITY; DEBRIDEMENT; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATCH TEST; SKIN SENSITIZATION; WOUND DRESSING;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ALLERGENS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEL; ITALY; LEG ULCER; MALE; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; PROPYLENE GLYCOL;

EID: 58849124813     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2008.01447.x     Document Type: Article

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