Clinical Features of Contact Dermatitis
Clinical features of contact dermatitis include the symptoms: pruritus, stinging, smarting, and pain. The typical clinical finding is dermatitis at the site of contact with the causative substance. Physical findings can vary from faint erythema to severe,
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Contact Dermatitis Sixth Edition
Contact Dermatitis
Jeanne Duus Johansen • Vera Mahler Jean-Pierre Lepoittevin • Peter J. Frosch Editors
Contact Dermatitis Sixth Edition
With 350 Figures and 271 Tables
Editors Jeanne Duus Johansen Department of Dermatology and Allergy National Allergy Research Centre Herlev and Gentofte Hospital University of Copenhagen Hellerup, Denmark Jean-Pierre Lepoittevin Laboratoire de Dermatochimie University of Strasbourg Strasbourg, France
Vera Mahler Division of Allergology Paul-Ehrlich-Institut Langen, Germany
Peter J. Frosch Professor emeritus Formerly Department of Dermatology Klinikum Dortmund Dortmund, Germany University of Witten/Herdecke Witten, Germany
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Preface to the Current Edition
This sixth edition of the book Contact Dermatitis represents the extensive development of new knowledge in this field. Contact dermatitis is a frequent and often disabling disease, prognosis depends on up-to-date diagnostics, treatment, and prevention. The book is covering all conceivable aspects of diagnosis and modern management of contact dermatitis: irritant, allergic, and rarer forms such as photoallergic and phototoxic reactions, protein contact dermatitis, as well as immediate contact reactions. A considerable challenge is to select correct allergens for patch testing and interpret results; a range of chapters is addressing technical
