Practical contact dermatitis : a handbook for the practitioner
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Bibliographic Information
Practical contact dermatitis : a handbook for the practitioner
McGraw-Hill, Health Professions Div., 1995
Available at 7 libraries
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A clinical, practically-oriented text with a procedural emphasis on how to identify and treat contact dermatitis in the clinic or office setting. The book will show the practitioner how to prepare and apply patch tests and how to read and interpret the results of this testing. In addition, tables and charts are designed to be photocopied and distributed to the patient to further patient education on each "positive" allergen or reagent.
Table of Contents
- Recognizing Contact Dermatitis
- Patch Testing
- Patch Testing Without a Kit
- Allergic Contact Dermatitis
- Irritant Contact Dermatitis
- Other Eczemas/Hand Eczema
- Standard Test Antigens - Pattern(s) & Incidence
- Sources of Exposure (table)
- Associated Sensitivities
- Chemical Relatives
- Management
- Metals - Jewellery
- Clothing
- Shoes
- Hair-Care Products
- Cosmetics
- - The Series
- Without a Kit
- Light Sources
- Time Exposure
- UVB Activation
- The Angry Back
- The Pediatric Patients
- The Pregnant Patients
- Allergy to Topical Corticosteroids
- Management/Hypoallergenic Routine
- The Idiopathic Patient/What Now?
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