Hand dermatitis/eczema: Current management strategy

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 593-610

  Sehgal, Virendra N ^a   Srivastava, Govind ^b   Aggarwal, Ashok K ^b   Sharma, Alpna D ^b  

^a Sehgal Nursing Home   (India)

^b Skin Institute and School of Dermatology   (India)

Author keywords

hand dermatitis eczema: clinical classification; occupational dermatitis eczema

Indexed keywords

ERYTHEMA; HAND ECZEMA; HUMAN; NUMMULAR DERMATITIS; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; PATCH TEST; PATHOGENESIS; POMPHOLYX; PRURITUS; REVIEW; SKIN INFLAMMATION; ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HISTORY; MALE;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE;

DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT;

EID: 77954225515     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2010.00845.x     Document Type: Review

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