Contact and photocontact sensitization in chronic actinic dermatitis: A changing picture

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 42-46

  Chew, Ai Lean ^a   Bashir, Saqib J ^b   Hawk, John Lm ^a   Palmer, Roy ^c   White, Ian R ^a   McFadden, John P ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING EDWARD VII HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic actinic dermatitis; P phenylenediamine; Patch test; Photopatch test; Sesquiterpene lactone

Indexed keywords

2 BROMO 2 BROMOMETHYLGLUTARONITRILE; 2 METHYL 4 ISOTHIAZOLIN 3 ONE; 3 (4 METHYLBENZYLIDENE)CAMPHOR; 4 AMINOBENZOIC ACID; 4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; 5 CHLORO 2 METHYL 4 ISOTHIAZOLIN 3 ONE; ALLERGEN; AMINOBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; AVOBENZONE; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; BRONOPOL; CINNAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DIAZOLIDINYL UREA; ETHYL DIMETHYL AMINOBENZOATE; ETHYLENEDIAMINE; ETHYLHEXYL METHOXYCINNAMATE; FORMALDEHYDE; FRAGRANCE; ISOAMYL METHOXYCINNAMATE; MUSK AMBRETTE; OXYBENZONE; PHENYL BENZIMIDAZOLE SULPHONIC ACID; PHENYLENEDIAMINE; PRESERVATIVE; QUATERNIUM 15; ROSIN; RUBBER; SESQUITERPENE LACTONE; SULISOBENZONE; THIOMERSAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC ACTINIC DERMATITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSUMER; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTACT SENSITIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATCH TEST; PHOTOPATCH TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

DERMATITIS, CONTACT; DERMATITIS, PHOTOALLERGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; LACTONES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; PHENYLENEDIAMINES; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SESQUITERPENES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 74949107808     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2009.01658.x     Document Type: Article

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