Severe allergic dermatitis caused by lanolin alcohol as part of an ointment base in propolis cream

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 59-61

  Fellinger, Christina ^a   Hemmer, Wolfgang ^a   Wantke, Felix ^a   Wöhrl, Stefan ^a   Jarisch, Reinhart ^a  

^a FAZ Floridsdorf Allergy Centre   (Austria)

Author keywords

allergic dermatitis; lanolin alcohol; propolis cream; wool wax alcohol

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LANOLIN ALCOHOL; PROPOLIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; PATCH TEST; SKIN ALLERGY;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANOLIN; OINTMENT BASES; PROPOLIS; SKIN CREAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870895379     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2012.02161.x     Document Type: Article

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