Contact allergy to methylisothiazolinone in a deodorant

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 298-299

  Amaro, Cristina ^a,b   Santos, Raquel ^a   Cardoso, Jorge ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CURRY CABRAL   (Portugal)

^b NONE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

allergic contact dermatitis; cosmetics; methylchloroisothiazolinone methylisothiazolinone; methylisothiazolinone; preservatives

Indexed keywords

2 METHYL 4 ISOTHIAZOLIN 3 ONE; CAS 2682 20 4; MINERAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONTACT ALLERGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NOTE; PATCH TEST;

ADULT; AXILLA; DEODORANTS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PRESERVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL; THIAZOLES;

EID: 79954480825     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2011.01885.x     Document Type: Note

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