Dimethyl fumarate contact dermatitis of the foot: An increasingly widespread disease

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 42-45

  D'Erme, Angelo Massimiliano ^a   Bassi, Andrea ^a   Lotti, Torello ^a   Gola, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; FUMARIC ACID DIMETHYL ESTER; IRRITANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILL; ECZEMA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; PATCH TEST; SHOE; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; FUMARATES; HUMANS; PATCH TESTS; SHOES;

EID: 84155162897     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2011.04916.x     Document Type: Article

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