Contact sensitization to tree moss (Evernia furfuracea extract, INCI) is heterogeneous

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-41

  Uter, Wolfgang ^a   Schmidt, Erich ^b   Lessmann, Holger ^c   Schnuch, Axel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

colophonium; colophony; contact allergy; Evernia furfuracea (CAS 68648 41 9; Evernia prunastri (CAS 90028 68 5 or 68917 10 2; oak moss); tree moss)

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ALLERGEN; EVERNIA FURFURACEA EXTRACT; ROSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTACT ALLERGY; EVERNIA PRUNASTRI; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICHENS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RESINS, PLANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84862226473     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2012.02064.x     Document Type: Article

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