Cobalt-induced anaphylaxis, contact urticaria, and delayed allergy in a ceramics decorator

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 173-174

  Krecisz, Beata ^a   Kiec Swierczynska, Marta ^a   Krawczyk, Patrycja ^a   Chomiczewska, Dorota ^a   Palczynski, Cezary ^a  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Anaphylaxis; Cobalt; Contact urticaria

Indexed keywords

COBALT CHLORIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; NICKEL SULFATE;

ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERAMICS; CONTACT URTICARIA; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; ECZEMA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATCH TEST;

ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COBALT; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; URTICARIA;

EID: 61349092800     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2008.01465.x     Document Type: Article

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