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Thiourea Contact Sensitivity in Portugal

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Current Topics in Contact Dermatitis

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In 1986, with the objective of assessing contact sensitivity to thioureas in Portugal, the Portuguese Contact Dermatitis Group carried out an overall study, which included four thioureas from Trolab. The total number of patients tested was 2025, of whom only 3 reacted positively to thioureas. The cause of the affection in every case was their footwear.

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  1. Hospital de São Marcos, Serviço de Dermatologia, 4700, Braga, Portugal

    A. Azenha, F. M. Brandão, M. S. J. Marques, M. Pecegueiro, A. Pinto Soares, G. Saudade, A. Sousa Basto & T. Vale

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  1. Hautklinik der Universität Heidelberg, Voßstraße 2, 6900, Heidelberg 1, Germany

    Peter Frosch

  2. Department of Medical Research (Dermatology), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium

    A. Dooms-Goossens P.Ph., Ph.D.

  3. Unit and Laboratory of Occupational and Environmental Dermatology, Catholic University of Louvain, 30, Clos Chapelle-aux-Champs, UCL 3033, 1200, Brussels, Belgium

    J.-M. Lachapelle M. D. (Professor of Dermatology) (Professor of Dermatology)

  4. St. John’s Hospital for Diseases of the Skin, Lisle Street, London, WC2H 7BJ, Great Britain

    R. J. G. Rycroft

  5. Department of Pathology, Free University Hospital, de Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    R. J. Scheper

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Azenha, A. et al. (1989). Thiourea Contact Sensitivity in Portugal. In: Frosch, P., Dooms-Goossens, A., Lachapelle, JM., Rycroft, R.J.G., Scheper, R.J. (eds) Current Topics in Contact Dermatitis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74299-6_61

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