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1Klinik für Hautkrankheiten, Medizinischen Akademie Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, DDR.
Dermatosen in Beruf Und Umwelt. Occupation and Environment
|July 1, 1990
Abstract:
We found m-xylylene diamine, a widespread additive in plastics, to be a very potent sensitizer. Patch tests with other diamines revealed in all four patients allergic cross reactions to benzylamine. Two persons had also acquired an additional allergy to ethylenediamine. In a 59-year-old man, the allergic contact dermatitis provoked the first manifestation of an atopic dermatitis.