Update on chronic hand eczema;Mise au point sur l'eczéma chronique des mains

Annales de Dermatologie et de Venereologie

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 315-327

  Halioua, B ^a   Richard, M A ^b  

^a INSTITUT ALFRED FOURNIER   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINTE MARGUERITE   (France)

Author keywords

Hand dermatitis; Hand eczema; Occupationnal hand dermatitis

Indexed keywords

ALITRETINOIN; BETAMETHASONE DIPROPIONATE; BEXAROTENE; CYCLOSPORIN; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; HYDROCORTISONE BUTYRATE; METHOTREXATE; METHOXSALEN; MOMETASONE FUROATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PIMECROLIMUS; PREDNICARBATE; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOID X RECEPTOR; TACROLIMUS; THYROTROPIN;

ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; HAND ECZEMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IMMUNOTHERAPY; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PUVA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADULT; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ECZEMA; FEMALE; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOTHERAPY; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951257122     PISSN: 01519638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annder.2010.02.023     Document Type: Article

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