Contact dermatitis of the vulva

Dermatologic Clinics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 697-706

  Schlosser, Bethanee J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Contact dermatitis; Female genitalia; Irritant contact dermatitis; Vulva

Indexed keywords

CETIRIZINE; CONTACT ALLERGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; DOXEPIN; FEXOFENADINE; FLUCONAZOLE; FRAGRANCE; HYDROXYZINE; LORATADINE; PREDNISONE; PRESERVATIVE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; PATCH TEST; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINAL LAVAGE; VULVA DISEASE; VULVA PRURITUS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, IRRITANT; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HISTAMINE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; VULVITIS;

EID: 77957108519     PISSN: 07338635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.det.2010.08.006     Document Type: Review

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