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Hee Kang1, Jun Choi, Ai-Young Lee
1Department of Dermatology, Eulji University, School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
The Journal of Dermatology
|June 10, 2004
Abstract:
White petrolatum is known for its nonsensitizing and nonirritating properties. Only a few cases of allergic contact dermatitis to white petrolatum have been reported. Although it is a rare event, the finding of contact sensitization to white petrolatum raises the potential problem of its usage of common topical agents or vehicles for patch testing. We herein report a case of allergic contact dermatitis to white petrolatum.
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