Contact Dermatitis

✍ Scribed by Jean-Marie Lachapelle (auth.), Peter J. Frosch, Torkil Menné, Jean-Pierre Lepoittevin (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 1127
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The fourth edition is an up-dated coverage of every conceivable aspect of the modern-day management of contact dermatitis. Both irritant and allergic contact dermatitis are covered fully and clearly, special emphasis being given to immunolgical mechanisms, molecular aspects of sensitizers, atypical clinical forms, reactions to drugs, occupational and environmental aspects. For optimizing the diagnostic approach a wide scale of information is provided. The editors and authors are all leading practitioners in the field. Their expertise has thus enabled the compilation of a comprehensive, yet approachable, updated text, supplemented by a large number of full color illustrations and tables. Core messages highlight the most important information and help the reader gain better understanding of the subject and greater competence in everyday practice. For teaching purposes a CD-ROM is included providing virtually all clinical pictures and the most pertinent diagrams and tables.

✦ Table of Contents

Historical Aspects....Pages 1-7
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Mechanisms in Allergic Contact Dermatitis....Pages 11-43
Molecular Aspects of Allergic Contact Dermatitis....Pages 45-68
Mechanisms of Irritant Contact Dermatitis....Pages 69-82
Immediate Contact Reactions....Pages 83-95
Mechanisms of Phototoxic and Photoallergic Reactions....Pages 97-104
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
Histopathological and Immunohistopathological Features of Irritant and Allergic Contact Dermatitis....Pages 107-116
Ultrastructure of Irritant and Allergic Contact Dermatitis....Pages 117-126
Individual Predisposition to Irritant and Allergic Contact Dermatitis....Pages 127-134
Epidemiology....Pages 135-163
Front Matter....Pages 165-165
Skin Penetration....Pages 167-178
Predictive Tests for Irritants and Allergens and Their Use in Quantitative Risk Assessment....Pages 179-187
Allergic Contact Dermatitis in Humans — Experimental and Quantitative Aspects....Pages 189-198
Front Matter....Pages 199-199
General Aspects....Pages 201-254
Clinical Aspects of Irritant Contact Dermatitis....Pages 255-294
Systemic Contact Dermatitis....Pages 295-307
Phototoxic and Photoallergic Reactions....Pages 309-317
Pigmented Contact Dermatitis and Chemical Depigmentation....Pages 319-333
Hand Eczema....Pages 335-344
Protein Contact Dermatitis....Pages 345-348
Front Matter....Pages 199-199
Noneczematous Contact Reactions....Pages 349-362
Front Matter....Pages 363-363
Patch Testing....Pages 365-390
Atopy Patch Testing with Aeroallergens and Food Proteins....Pages 391-399
Patch Testing in Adverse Drug Reactions....Pages 401-412
Allergens Exposure Assessment....Pages 413-427
Skin Tests for Immediate Hypersensitivity....Pages 429-432
Photopatch Testing....Pages 433-440
Noninvasive Techniques for Quantification of Contact Dermatitis....Pages 441-450
Front Matter....Pages 451-451
Allergens from the Standard Series....Pages 453-492
Cosmetics and Skin Care Products....Pages 493-506
Allergens of Special Interest....Pages 507-535
Metals Carola Lidén, Magnus Bruze, Torkil Menné....Pages 537-568
Metalworking Fluids....Pages 569-581
Plastic Materials....Pages 583-621
Topical Drugs....Pages 623-652
Dental Materials....Pages 653-678
Clothing....Pages 679-702
Shoes....Pages 703-716
Occupational Contact Dermatitis....Pages 717-734
Health Personnel....Pages 735-749
Front Matter....Pages 451-451
Plants and Plant Products....Pages 751-800
Pesticides....Pages 801-809
Contact Allergy in Children....Pages 811-830
Prevention and Therapy from Contact Dermatitis (with Special Reference to Occupational Dermatology)....Pages 831-867
Legislation....Pages 869-873
International Comparison of Legal Aspects of Worker Compensation for Occupational Contact Dermatitis....Pages 875-891
Computers in the Management of Contact Dermatitis....Pages 893-901
Contact Dermatitis Research Groups....Pages 903-906
Patch Test Concentrations and Vehicles for Testing Contact Allergens....Pages 907-928
Patch Testing with the Patients’Own Products....Pages 929-941
Dictionary of Contact Allergens: Chemical Structures, Sources and References....Pages 943-1105

✦ Subjects

Dermatology; Allergology; Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine