Allergic contact dermatitis due to the β-blocker betaxolol in eyedrops, with cross-sensitivity to timolol

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 319-320

  Nino, Massimiliano ^a   Napolitano, Maddalena ^a   Scalvenzi, Massimiliano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Betaxolol; Cross sensitivity; Eyelid dermatitis; Timolol; blockers

Indexed keywords

BETACLAR; BETAXOLOL; CORTICOSTEROID; EYE DROPS; LEVOBUNOLOL; TIMOLOL; TIMOLOL MALEATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; DRUG CROSS REACTIVITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PATCH TEST; SKIN ALLERGY; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; BETAXOLOL; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PATCH TESTS; TIMOLOL;

EID: 77951691283     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2010.01721.x     Document Type: Article

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