Photoallergic contact dermatitis to 8-methoxypsoralen in Ficus carica

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 343-348

  Bonamonte, Domenico ^a   Foti, Caterina ^a   Lionetti, Nicola ^b   Rigano, Luigi ^b   Angelini, Gianni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b L Rigano Laboratories   (Italy)

Author keywords

4,5 8 trimethylpsoralen; 5 methoxypsoralen; 8 methoxypsoralen; Ficus carica; Furocoumarins; Photoallergic contact dermatitis; Phytophoto contact dermatitis; Psoralens

Indexed keywords

FUROCOUMARIN DERIVATIVE; METHOXSALEN; BERGAPTEN; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; TRIOXYSALEN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DERMATITIS; EXOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; FICUS CARICA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTIC INFILTRATE; MALE; PAPAYA; PARAKERATOSIS; PATCH TEST; PHOTODERMATOSIS; PHOTOPATCH TEST; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PLANT LEAF; SKIN BIOPSY; SPONGIOSIS; SUNBURN; ADOLESCENT; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; DERMATITIS, PHOTOALLERGIC; FICUS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DERMATITIS, PHOTOALLERGIC; FEMALE; FICUS; HUMANS; MALE; METHOXSALEN; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; TRIOXSALEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952245947     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2010.01713.x     Document Type: Article

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