Allergic contact dermatitis caused by methylisothiazolinone from a 'waist reduction belt'

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 347-348

  Uter, Wolfgang ^a   Uter, Michaela ^b   Steen Schuberth, Barbara ^b   Schnuch, Axel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Dermatological Office   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

CAS 2682 20 4; contact gel; cosmetic device; methylisothiazolinone

Indexed keywords

2 METHYL 4 ISOTHIAZOLIN 3 ONE; 5 CHLORO 2 METHYL 4 ISOTHIAZOLIN 3 ONE; CORTICOSTEROID; COSMETIC; PROPYLENE GLYCOL;

ABDOMEN; AGED; ANUS DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DERMATITIS; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTRODE; EQUIPMENT; ERYTHEMA; GEL; HAND ECZEMA; HUMAN; MALE; PATCH TEST; PERIANAL DERMATITIS; PRURITUS; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN IRRITATION; TOILET PAPER; WAIST REDUCTION BELT;

AGED; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT; HUMANS; MALE; THIAZOLES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84861047009     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2012.02016.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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