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Individual Predisposition to Irritant and Allergic Contact Dermatitis

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Contact dermatitis is a skin disease that is either caused or exaggerated by environmental factors. However, development of contact dermatitis requires the combination of environmental factors and a susceptible host. While some individuals may develop contact dermatitis after only brief contact with irritants or allergens, other individuals may even under extreme exogenous conditions continue to remain unaffected. This chapter will focus on the susceptibility of the host for development of irritant and/or allergic contact dermatitis.

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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

    Torkil Menné

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

    Peter J. Frosch

  4. Clinique Dermatologique Laboratoire de Dermatochimie, Univ. Louis Pasteur, 1 Place de L’Hôpital, 67091, Strasbourg, France

    Jean-Pierre Lepoittevin

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Agner, T., Menné, T. (2001). Individual Predisposition to Irritant and Allergic Contact Dermatitis. 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_9

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