Autoimmune Progesterone Dermatitis

Current Dermatology Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 258-263

  Solomon, Michal ^a,c   Itsekson, Alek M ^a,c   Lev Sagie, Ahinoam ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Autoimmune progesterone dermatitis; Estradiol; Hypersensitivity; Progesterone; Sex hormones

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE; STANOZOLOL; TAMOXIFEN;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; AUTOIMMUNE PROGESTERONE DERMATITIS; DERMATITIS; DESENSITIZATION; ECZEMA; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; HAIR GROWTH; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOOD DISORDER; OVULATION INHIBITION; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN TEST; URTICARIA;

EID: 84969321539     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21624933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13671-013-0059-5     Document Type: Review

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