Pigmented contact dermatitis due to therapeutic sensitizer as complication of contact immunotherapy in alopecia areata

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 888-893

  Inui, Shigeki ^a   Nakajima, Takeshi ^a   Toda, Naoyuki ^b   Itami, Satoshi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Shin Osaka Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

alopecia areata; diphenylcyclopropenone; histopathology; immunotherapy; pigmented contact dermatitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; DIPHENCYPRONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PIGMENTED CONTACT DERMATITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA AREATA; CHILD; CYCLOPROPANES; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957319633     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2010.00903.x     Document Type: Article

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