Co-sensitization to ascaridole and tea tree oil

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 187-189

  Christoffers, Wietske Andrea ^a   Blömeke, Brunhilde ^b   Coenraads, Pieter Jan ^a   Schuttelaar, Marie Louise Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

allergic contact dermatitis; ascaridole; Melaleuca alternifolia; patch test; tea tree oil

Indexed keywords

ASCARIDOLE; PIMECROLIMUS; TEA TREE OIL;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTACT SENSITIZATION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATCH TEST; SHORT SURVEY;

ALLERGIC CONTACT DERMATITIS; ASCARIDOLE; MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA; PATCH TEST; TEA TREE OIL;

ADULT; COSMETICS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOTERPENES; PEROXIDES; TEA TREE OIL;

EID: 84882379335     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cod.12086     Document Type: Short Survey

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