Hand eczema guidelines based on the Danish guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of hand eczema

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-12

  Menné, Torkil ^a   Johansen, Jeanne D ^a   Sommerlund, Mette ^b   Veien, Niels K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Dermatology Clinic Aalborg   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Dynamics; Hand eczema classification; Morphology

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IRRITANT AGENT; PROTEIN; STEROID;

ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHRONIC FISSURED HAND ECZEMA; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DENMARK; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD HANDLING; GLOVE; HAND ECZEMA; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOTIC PALMAR ECZEMA; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INTERDIGITAL ECZEMA; MEDICAL HISTORY; NUMMULAR HAND ECZEMA; PATCH TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRICK TEST; PROGNOSIS; PULPITIS; RECURRENT VESICULAR HAND ECZEMA; REVIEW; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN CARE; STEROID THERAPY; THERAPY DELAY;

DENMARK; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; ECZEMA; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATCH TESTS; PROGNOSIS; STEROIDS;

EID: 79959838827     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2011.01915.x     Document Type: Review

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