Delayed hypersensitivity to corticosteroids in a series of 315 patients: Clinical data and patch test results

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 163-175

  Baeck, Marie ^a   Chemelle, Julie Anne ^c   Terreux, Raphaël ^c   Drieghe, Jacques ^b   Goossens, An ^b  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Classification; Concomitant reactions; Corticosteroids; Cross reactions; Delayed hypersensitivity

Indexed keywords

ALCLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; ALCOHOL; AMCINONIDE; BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; BETAMETHASONE; BETAMETHASONE DIPROPIONATE; BETAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; BETAMETHASONE VALERATE; BUDESONIDE; CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE; CLOBETASONE BUTYRATE; CLOPREDNOL; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTISONE ACETATE; DESONIDE; DESOXIMETASONE; DEXAMETHASONE; DEXAMETHASONE ACETATE; DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; DICHLORISONE ACETATE; DIFLORASONE DIACETATE; DIFLUCORTOLONE VALERATE; DIFLUPREDNATE; FLUCLOROLONE ACETONIDE; FLUDROCORTISONE ACETATE; FLUOCINONIDE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE BUTYRATE; PREDNISOLONE HEXANOATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DERMATITIS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; FEMALE; HAND ECZEMA; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; PATCH TEST; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ASTHMA; CHEILITIS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; MALE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OCCUPATIONS; PATCH TESTS; RHINITIS; STOMATITIS;

EID: 70349550023     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2009.01602.x     Document Type: Article

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