Contact allergic reactions of the vulva: A 14-year review

Dermatitis

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 131-136

  Nardelli, Andrea ^a   Degreef, Hugo ^a   Goossens, An ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,3 PHENYLENEDIAMINE; 4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; ALLERGEN; BALSAM PERU; BENZOCAINE; BUDESONIDE; COBALT CHLORIDE; COSMETIC; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; DIMETHYLCARBAMIC ACID 1 ISOPROPYL 3 METHYLPYRAZOL 5 YL ESTER; DISULFIRAM; EPOXY RESIN; EUXYL K 400; FORMALDEHYDE; FRAGRANCE; HERMAL; ISOPROPYL PHENYL 4 PHENYLENEDIAMINE; LATEX; METHANOL; METHYLCHLOROISOTHIAZOLINONE; NEOMYCIN; NICKEL SULFATE; PHENYLENEDIAMINE; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; PROTEIN; ROSIN; THIOL DERIVATIVE; TIXOCORTOL PIVALATE; TOLUENESULFONAMIDE DERIVATIVE; TOPICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC REACTION; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLISTER; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTACT SENSITIZATION; CONTACT URTICARIA; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ECZEMA; EUROPEAN STANDARD SERIES TEST; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; LICHEN PLANUS; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOSIS; PATCH TEST; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN TEST; VIRUS INFECTION; VULVA DISEASE; VULVA PRURITUS; VULVAR VESTIBULITIS; VULVODYNIA;

EID: 9644284346     PISSN: 17103568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/6620.2004.04004     Document Type: Review

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