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The Management of Contact Dermatitis

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Contact dermatitis can be properly treated only if it is first recognized Management of contact dermatitis therefore involves the following stages: (a) suspicion and recognition [1] (see also Chap. 7), (b) identification of the factors involved, (c) interpretation of patch test results (see also Sect. 10.1).

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  1. Contact Dermatitis Clinic, St. John’s Dermatology Centre, St. Thomas’s Hospital, Lambeth Palace RD, SE1 7 EH, 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, 4600, Dortmund, Germany

    Peter J. Frosch

  4. Laboratoire de Dermatochimie, Université Louis Pasteur, Clinique Dermatologique, 1 Place de l’Hôpital, 67091, Strasbourg Cedex, France

    Claude Benezra

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Wilkinson, J.D. (1992). The Management of Contact Dermatitis. In: Rycroft, R.J.G., Menné, T., Frosch, P.J., Benezra, C. (eds) Textbook of Contact Dermatitis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-13119-0_32

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