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[Contact allergy to dicyclohexylcarbodiimide and N-hydroxyphthalimide]
1Zentrum der Dermatologie und Venerologie (Abteilung I), Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt.
Abstract:
We report a case of a female laboratory worker in the chemical industry who acquired contact allergy to dicyclohexylcarbodiimide and N-hydroxyphthalimide. Both substances are used in the chemical synthesis of peptides. So far there have only been a few reports concerning contact allergy to these substances.