Allergic contact dermatitis caused by lanolin (wool) alcohol contained in an emollient in three postsurgical patients

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1064-1065

  Nguyen, Josephine C ^a   Chesnut, Gregory ^b   James, William D ^a   Saruk, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMOLLIENT AGENT; LANOLIN; MINERAL OIL; PETROLATUM; XIPAMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CURETTAGE; DESICCATION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; PATCH TEST; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ALLERGY; WOUND DRESSING;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLERGENS; BANDAGES; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; EMOLLIENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANOLIN; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77951933190     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2009.10.020     Document Type: Letter

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