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| Year : 2009 | Volume
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| Issue : 5 | Page : 41-42 |
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Parthenium dermatitis in a HIV patient
Sekar C Shanmuga, Sundaram V Shanmuga, CR Srinivas
Department of Dermatology, PSG Hospitals, Peelamedu, Coimbatore, India
Correspondence Address:
C R Srinivas
Department of Dermatology, PSG Hospitals, Peelamedu, Coimbatore - 641 004, Tamil Nadu
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Parthenium dermatitis is a distressing problem in India. Both type 1 (immediate and late phase reaction) and type 4 hypersensitivity phenomenon play a role in pathogenesis. We prick tested the patient after administering various drugs to assess the best agent to prevent late phase reaction. |
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