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Immediate Contact Reactions

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Textbook of Contact Dermatitis

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Non-immunologic contact urticaria (NICU) and other non-immunologic immediate contact reactions (NIICRs) of the skin comprise a group of inflammatory reactions that appear within minutes to an hour after contact with the eliciting substance and usually disappear within a few hours. These reactions can also be called immediatetype irritancy. NIICRs can be caused by chemicals or proteins and occur without previous immunologic sensitization in most exposed individuals, and they are the most common type of immediate contact reaction [36].

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  1. St. John’s Institute of Dermatology, St. Thomas’s Hospital, SE1 7EH, London, UK

    Richard J. G. Rycroft

  2. Department of Dermatology, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Niels Andersens Vej 65, 2900, Hellerup, Denmark

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  3. Hautklinik der Städtischen Kliniken Dortmund, Abteilung Dermatologie, Universität Witten/Herdecke, Beurhausstraße 40, 44137, Dortmund, Germany

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Lahti, A., Basketter, D. (2001). Immediate Contact Reactions. In: Rycroft, R.J.G., Menné, T., Frosch, P.J., Lepoittevin, JP. (eds) Textbook of Contact Dermatitis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-10302-9_5

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