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Eczema provoked by methyl dopa
Author(s) -
CHURCH RONALD
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1974.tb13074.x
Subject(s) - provocation test , medicine , dermatology , pathology , alternative medicine
SUMMARY Sixteen patients are described in whom seborrhoeic or nummular eczema erupted while they were taking methyl dopa. The eruption only responded to treatment when the methyl dopa was stopped. In eight patients who had recovered, test doses of methyl dopa caused rapid recurrence of eczema. The mechanism is obscure but appears to be provocation of endogenous eczema rather than a true drug eruption.