Allergic contact dermatitis caused by neem oil

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 242-243

  Greenblatt, Danielle T ^a   Banerjee, Piu ^a   White, Jonathan M L ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

allergic contact dermatitis; azadirachtin; neem oil

Indexed keywords

NEEM OIL; TEA TREE OIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATCH TEST; POULTICE; RASH; SKIN ALLERGY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; FURUNCULOSIS; GLYCERIDES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; PLANT OILS; TERPENES;

EID: 84866093432     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2012.02099.x     Document Type: Article

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