Erratum (DOI:10.1016/j.jaad.2009.08.061);Caterpillars and moths. Part II. Dermatologic manifestations of encounters with Lepidoptera

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-28

  Hossler, Eric W ^a  

^a GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

dermatitis; insect bites and stings; Lepidoptera; moths; urticaria

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENALIN; AMINOCAPROIC ACID; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; APROTININ; DIAZEPAM; FIBRINOGEN; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; NARCOTIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PRAMOCAINE; STEROID; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ALGORITHM; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BITE; BLEEDING TENDENCY; CATERPILLAR; CHONDRITIS; DENDROLIMIASIS; DERMATITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENVENOMATION; EYE INFLAMMATION; EYE IRRITATION; FIBRINOLYSIS; HUMAN; INSECT; INSECT STING; IRITIS; LEPIDOPTERA; LONOMIA OBLIQUA; MOTH; MUSCLE SPASM; NONHUMAN; OPHTHALMIA NODOSA; PAPULAR URTICARIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RASH; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN NECROSIS; SOUTH AMERICA; URTICARIA; UVEITIS; VASCULITIS;

EID: 71649083391     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2010.01.044     Document Type: Erratum

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