Diagnosis and management of contact dermatitis

American Family Physician

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 249-255

  Usatine, Richard P ^a   Riojas, Marcela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CALAMINE; CLOBETASOL; CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE; DESONIDE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; HYDROXYZINE; HYDROXYZINE EMBONATE; NICKEL; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; PREDNISONE; STEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHEMA; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HUMAN; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; PATCH TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POISON IVY; POMPHOLYX; PSORIASIS; PUSTULOSIS PALMOPLANTARIS; RISK FACTOR; SCABIES; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN PRURITUS; STEROID THERAPY; TINEA; TINEA PEDIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; INCIDENCE; REVIEW; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; UNITED STATES;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PATCH TESTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956834985     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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