Allergic contact dermatitis from fragrance components in specific topical pharmaceutical products in Belgium

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 303-313

  Nardelli, Andrea ^a   D'Hooghe, Ellen ^a   Drieghe, Jacques ^a   Dooms, Marc ^a   Goossens, An ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Colophonium; Essential oils; Fragrances; Iatrogenic; Myroxylon pereirae; Topical pharmaceutical products

Indexed keywords

'REFLEX'; AMCINONIDE; ANTHRANILIC ACID METHYL ESTER; ANUSOL; ASIATICOSIDE; BAUME CONTRE BRULURES; BENZOEOPLOSSING; BIFONAZOLE; BOROSTYROL; CALENDULA EXTRACT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; CHLOROXYLENOL; CINNAMALDEHYDE; CINNAMYL ALCOHOL; CITRAL; CITRONELLOL; CONTACT ALLERGEN; DERMASPRAY; DERMOPHIL INDIEN; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; ECONAZOLE; ESCIN; EUCALYPTUS OIL; EUGENOL; FRAGRANCE; GERANIOL; INHALENE; ISOEUGENOL; KETOPROFEN; LACTIC ACID PLUS SALICYLIC ACID; LOTRIDERM; MATUROSAN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACEPONATE; MURAZYME; MYCOLOG; NEO SABENYL; NEWDERM; NIFLUMIC ACID; OXYPLASTINE; POLYSEPTOL; PROMETHAZINE; PYAL; ROSE OIL; SCHERIPROCT; TEA TREE OIL; ULTRALAN VET GRAS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VAPORUB; VEGEBOM; VITAMORRHUINE;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; FACE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATCH TEST; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN SENSITIZATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; ALLERGENS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FACE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; PATCH TESTS; PERFUME; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 66249128286     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2009.01542.x     Document Type: Article

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