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Contact dermatitis
Author(s) -
De Waardvan der Spek Flora B.,
Devillers Arjan C. A.,
Oranje Arnold P.
Publication year - 2008
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.1600-0536.2008.01372.x
Subject(s) - erasmus+ , medicine , dermatology , art , the renaissance , art history
Irritant contact dermatitis is a non–immune-mediated reaction caused by direct injury to the skin following exposure to an irritant chemical or physical agent (eg, alkalis in soaps and solvents), whereas allergic contact dermatitis is a type IV delayed hypersensitivity reaction that only affects patients who have been previously sensitized to an allergen (eg, nickel, poison ivy oleoresin, bacitracin, neomycin)