Contact dermatitis: From basics to allergodromes

Pediatric Annals

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 99-108

  Nijhawan, Rajiv I ^a   Matiz, Catalina ^b   Jacob, Sharon E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BACITRACIN; COCAMIDOPROPYL BETAINE; CONTACT ALLERGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; COSMETIC; FORMALDEHYDE; FRAGRANCE; GENTAMICIN; HENNA; MERCAPTOBENZOTHIAZOLE; NEOMYCIN; NICKEL; PRESERVATIVE; PROPOLIS; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; THIOMERSAL; ALLERGEN;

ANAMNESIS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; CHEILITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTACT URTICARIA; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DIAPER DERMATITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHEMA; FOOT DISEASE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; LEISURE; NICKEL HYPERSENSITIVITY; PAPULOVESICULAR RASH; PATCH TEST; SCREENING TEST; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN SENSITIZATION; TATTOO; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HYPERSENSITIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ALLERGENS; CHILD; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, IRRITANT; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PATCH TESTS;

EID: 63049139496     PISSN: 00904481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00904481-20090201-07     Document Type: Article

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