Is a low content in atranol/chloroatranol safe in oak moss-sensitized individuals?

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 91-95

  Nardelli, Andrea ^a   Giménez Arnau, Elena ^b   Bernard, Guillaume ^b   Lepoittevin, Jean Pierre ^b   Goossens, An ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Atranol; Choroatranol; Contact allergy; Elicitation; Fragrances; Oak moss; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

ATRANOL; ATRANORIN; CHLOROATRANOL; CONTACT ALLERGEN; OAK MOSS EXTRACT; PETROLATUM; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTACT DERMATITIS; EVERNIA PRUNASTRI; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATCH TEST; SAFETY; SKIN SENSITIZATION;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; BENZALDEHYDES; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 58849149365     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2008.01478.x     Document Type: Article

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