Abstract | BACKGROUND: OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to assess sensitization to selected hormones in women with a significant premenstrual flare of skin lesions. METHODS: Intradermal skin tests to 18 hormones and control substances were performed in seven patients and four control subjects and read for immediate urticarial and delayed type reactions. Six other control subjects had only estrone and progesterone skin tests. The effect of the antiestrogen tamoxifen on the course of the dermatosis was studied. RESULTS: CONCLUSION:
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Authors | W B Shelley, E D Shelley, N Y Talanin, J Santoso-Pham |
Journal | Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
(J Am Acad Dermatol)
Vol. 32
Issue 1
Pg. 25-31
(Jan 1995)
ISSN: 0190-9622 [Print] United States |
PMID | 7822514
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Review)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Adult
- Drug Eruptions
(diagnosis, drug therapy, etiology)
- Estrogens
(adverse effects, therapeutic use)
- Female
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Pruritus
(chemically induced, drug therapy)
- Skin Tests
- Tamoxifen
(therapeutic use)
- Urticaria
(chemically induced, drug therapy)
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