Airborne contact dermatitis-current perspectives in etiopathogenesis and management

Indian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 700-706

  Handa, Sanjeev ^a   De, Dipankar ^a   Mahajan, Rahul ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Airborne contact dermatitis; occupational airborne contact dermatitis; Parthenium hysterophorus

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; AZATHIOPRINE; BETAMETHASONE; STEROID;

AIRBORNE INFECTION; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DESENSITIZATION; ECZEMA; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; STEROID THERAPY; SYSTEMIC THERAPY;

EID: 84856403403     PISSN: 00195154     EISSN: 19983611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5154.91832     Document Type: Review

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