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North American Contact Dermatitis Group patch-test results, 1998 to 2000
CONCLUSION: Our findings reinforce the need for a more comprehensive group of diagnostic allergens than is found in the T.R.U.E. TEST, which is sold in the United States.PMID:14749021 (Source: American Journal of Contact Dermatitis)
Source: American Journal of Contact Dermatitis - January 30, 2004 Category: Dermatology Authors: James G Marks Donald V Belsito Vincent A DeLeo Joseph F Fowler Anthony F Fransway Howard I Maibach C G Toby Mathias Melanie D Pratt Robert L Rietschel Elizabeth F Sherertz Frances J Storrs James S Taylor North American Contact Dermatitis Group Source Type: research

Atopy, nickel sensitivity, occupation, and clinical patterns in different types of hand dermatitis
CONCLUSION: This study suggests that different etiologic diagnoses of HD cannot be distinguished by clinical pattern, prevalence of personal atopy, or nickel-sensitivity.PMID:14749022 (Source: American Journal of Contact Dermatitis)
Source: American Journal of Contact Dermatitis - January 30, 2004 Category: Dermatology Authors: Sofia Magina Maria Ant ónia Barros Jos é Alberto Ferreira Jos é Mesquita-Guimarães Source Type: research

Eyelid dermatitis: an evaluation of 447 patients
CONCLUSION: Results suggest that many characteristics of the patients examined can be used for the differential diagnosis of palpebral eczematous dermatitis.PMID:14749023 (Source: American Journal of Contact Dermatitis)
Source: American Journal of Contact Dermatitis - January 30, 2004 Category: Dermatology Authors: Fabio Ayala Gabriella Fabbrocini Roberto Bacchilega Enzo Berardesca Stefano Caraffini Monica Corazza Maria Laura Flori Stefano Francalanci Marcella Guarrera Paolo Lisi Baldassarre Santucci Donatella Schena Francesco Suppa Rossano Valsecchi Colombina Vince Source Type: research

Allergic contact cheilitis in the United Kingdom: a retrospective study
CONCLUSIONS: Patients should be tested to extended lipstick/cosmetic vehicle series in addition to standard series. As a significant percentage of patients react to their own products only, a thorough clinical history and testing to patients' own products are important.PMID:14749024 (Source: American Journal of Contact Dermatitis)
Source: American Journal of Contact Dermatitis - January 30, 2004 Category: Dermatology Authors: Roland M Strauss David I Orton Source Type: research

Sensitization to palladium chloride: a 10-year evaluation
CONCLUSION: Sensitization to palladium is increasing by the year, reaching high values, but its role in reducing sensitization and symptoms is still unclear because of the frequent cosensitization with nickel and the low number of monosensitized patients with relevant sensitizations. We need to follow palladium sensitization in future years to verify an increase of sensitization due to the increasing use of this metal.PMID:14749025 (Source: American Journal of Contact Dermatitis)
Source: American Journal of Contact Dermatitis - January 30, 2004 Category: Dermatology Authors: Francesca Larese Filon Daniele Uderzo Emma Bagnato Source Type: research

Structure-activity relationships in allergic contact dermatitis. Part III. The sensitizing capacity of substituted phenanthrenequinones: a quantum-mechanical approach
CONCLUSION: Substitution with methoxy groups at C-7 and/or at C-8 of ring C of 1,4-phenanthrenequinone increases the LUMO coefficients at the 2,3 double bond of ring A and thus facilitates nucleophilic substitution of protein nitrogen or sulfur nucleophiles at this electron-deficient double bond. The four naturally occurring PACs that were investigated--cypripedin, denbinobin, annoquinone-A, and latinone--do not fulfill these criteria and are thus only weak sensitizers. However, as-yet-unstudied phenanthrenequinones occurring in plants or trees and having no substituents at C-2 or C-3 of the quinonoid ring must be consider...
Source: American Journal of Contact Dermatitis - January 30, 2004 Category: Dermatology Authors: Bjoern M Hausen Brigitta Els ässer Karsten Krohn Ulrich Loock Source Type: research

Generalized eczematous contact dermatitis from cocobolo wood
We report the case of a 53-year-old furniture and cabinetmaker who exhibited a generalized reaction mimicking erythroderma after exposure to sawdust from the wood. Patch testing to plants and woods standard (Chemotechnique, Dormer Laboratories, Ontario, Canada) was negative, and the specific allergen in cocobolo, obtusaquinone, was not available to us. The patient was tested instead to shavings of various woods as well as to sawdust of the suspected wood in petrolatum. He exhibited an exuberant response (+++) to both shavings and sawdust of cocobolo. After successful patch testing with shavings and sawdust in the absence o...
Source: American Journal of Contact Dermatitis - January 30, 2004 Category: Dermatology Authors: Anna D Guanche Steven Prawer Source Type: research

Dermatitis artefacta?
Am J Contact Dermat. 2003 Jun;14(2):93-4.ABSTRACTA 35-year-old man presented with a 2-month history of intensely pruritic excoriated and crusted linear lesions on the dorsa of the left hand and left forearm (Fig 1). The patient had worked in construction for 2 years, and his job consisted mainly in covering the facades of buildings with cement. The patient was right-handed and used a black rubber glove as a protective measure only on his left hand (Fig 2). He reported that the lesions resolved partially during holidays and weekends and clearly flared in association with his work. There was no history of atopic dermatitis, ...
Source: American Journal of Contact Dermatitis - January 30, 2004 Category: Dermatology Authors: Luis Conde-Salazar Ruud Valks Mar ía Antonia Pastor Mar ía Elena Gatica Rodrigo N úñez Berta Perez Tato Clara Iglesias Manuela Cuevas Source Type: research

Common shoe allergens undetected by commercial patch-testing kits: dithiodimorpholine and isocyanates
Am J Contact Dermat. 2003 Jun;14(2):95-6.ABSTRACTThe diagnosis of allergic contact dermatitis of the feet is challenging because the constituents of shoes are not labeled. In addition, the materials and technologies used in the manufacturing of shoes are continuously evolving. Since the 1950s, rubber allergens have been the most common cause of shoe dermatitis. However, the causal allergens in rubber have changed. Instead of 2-mercaptobenzothiazole, dithiodimorpholine, an allergen that is not contained on standard patch-testing trays, now may be one of the more common rubber sensitizers in shoes. Other allergens not found ...
Source: American Journal of Contact Dermatitis - January 30, 2004 Category: Dermatology Authors: Donald V Belsito Source Type: research

Barrier creams: fact or fiction
Am J Contact Dermat. 2003 Jun;14(2):97-9.NO ABSTRACTPMID:14749030 (Source: American Journal of Contact Dermatitis)
Source: American Journal of Contact Dermatitis - January 30, 2004 Category: Dermatology Authors: Boris Lushniak C G Toby Mathias James S Taylor Source Type: research

Considerations for testing irritancy, allergy, and photoreactivity in fragrance safety evaluations
Am J Contact Dermat. 2003 Jun;14(2):100-3.ABSTRACTThe aims of the Research Institute for Fragrance Materials, Inc. (RIFM), an international nonprofit science-based organization established in 1966 by the fragrance industry, include the prevention of adverse cutaneous effects, systemic toxicity, and environmental consequences from fragrance ingredients. This paper gives an overview of the RIFM testing and research program, how priorities are established, and how RIFM's safety evaluation process works.PMID:14749031 (Source: American Journal of Contact Dermatitis)
Source: American Journal of Contact Dermatitis - January 30, 2004 Category: Dermatology Authors: Jon M Hanifin Anne Marie Api David R Bickers Source Type: research

Label dermatitis
Am J Contact Dermat. 2003 Jun;14(2):104.NO ABSTRACTPMID:14749032 (Source: American Journal of Contact Dermatitis)
Source: American Journal of Contact Dermatitis - January 30, 2004 Category: Dermatology Authors: Niels K Veien Source Type: research

ACDS President's message. An important period in the history of our Society
Am J Contact Dermat. 2003 Jun;14(2):105-6.NO ABSTRACTPMID:14749033 (Source: American Journal of Contact Dermatitis)
Source: American Journal of Contact Dermatitis - January 30, 2004 Category: Dermatology Authors: David Cohen Ameican Contact Dermititis Society Source Type: research