Localized contact urticaria caused by lidocaine/tetracaine peel

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 499-500

  Channual, Jennifer ^a   Wu, Jashin J ^a   Zachary, Christopher B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHENHYDRAMINE; LIDOCAINE; TETRACAINE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT URTICARIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ABRASION;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; OINTMENTS; TETRACAINE; URTICARIA;

EID: 65349172993     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2009.56     Document Type: Letter

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