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Silver polish: another source of contact dermatitis reactions to thiourea
Author(s) -
DoomsGoossens A.,
Debusschère K.,
Morren M.,
Roelandts R.,
Coopman S.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
contact dermatitis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1600-0536
pISSN - 0105-1873
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1988.tb05511.x
Subject(s) - contact allergy , thiourea , contact dermatitis , dermatology , patch testing , allergic contact dermatitis , patch test , allergy , cosmetics , medicine , chemistry , immunology , organic chemistry , pathology
A cleaning woman in a restaurant became sensitized to thiourea in a silver polish. The dermatitis persisted for several months and occasionally flared up after exposure to sunlight, even alter she no longer used the product Patch testing and photopatch testing showed that she had both contact and photocontact allergy.