Contact Dermatitis

Systemic Contact Dermatitis Caused by Oral Chromium Picolinate

Although nickel is the metal most commonly implicated in systemic contact dermatitis, other metals such as chromate have also been known to cause...

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Author:: Frances Storrs, MD; Ron Brancaccio, MD; A. Goossens, MD; John T. McCarthy, MD

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Over and above the information obtained with screening series of allergens, supplemental allergens can provide additional insight as to which...

Corticosteroids are the most widely used class of drugs in dermatology. In the past, allergic contact dermatitis to topical corticosteriods was...

Although skin conditions among musicians are uncommon, when they do occur, they may cause considerable discomfort and disability. The pattern of...

Fragrance is the most common cause of cosmetic allergic contact dermatitis. Fragrance allergy detection is best accomplished by testing with the...

Patch test results obtained with corticosteroid allergic patients tested with a large corticosteroid series validated the earlier classification...

Seventy (32%) of 222 patients patch tested in our contact dermatitis clinic from 1993 to 1995 had irritant reactions to cobalt. These reactions...