Anaphylaxis and severe systemic reactions caused by skin contact with persulfates in hair-bleaching products

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 317-322

  Hoekstra, Margriet ^a   Van Der Heide, Sicco ^a   Coenraads, Pieter Jan ^a   Schuttelaar, Marie Louise Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ammonium persulfate; anaphylaxis; asthma; potassium persulfate; specific IgE; urticaria

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMMONIA; CLEMASTINE; DEXAMETHASONE; HAIR BLEACHING AGENT; PEROXYSULFURIC ACID; PERSULFATE AMMONIUM; POTASSIUM PERSUFATE; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; PRICK TEST; SKIN ALLERGY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; URTICARIA;

EID: 85027955335     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2012.02047.x     Document Type: Article

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