Dimethylfumarate: Potency prediction and clinical experience

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 269-272

  Basketter, David A ^a   White, Ian R ^b   Burleson, Florence G ^c   Burleson, Gary R ^c   Kimber, Ian ^d  

^a DABMEB CONSULTANCY LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c BRT Burleson Research Technologies   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dimethylfumarate; globally harmonized system; local lymph node assay; potency categorization; risk assessment; skin sensitization

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; DIMETHYLFUMARATE; FORMALDEHYDE; IRRITANT AGENT; ISOEUGENOL; N,N DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; LOCAL LYMPH NODE ASSAY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN SENSITIZATION;

ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVES; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUMARATES; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; LOCAL LYMPH NODE ASSAY; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN; SKIN IRRITANCY TESTS;

EID: 84876692148     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cod.12007     Document Type: Article

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