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hydroxychloroquine and Contact Dermatitis

hydroxychloroquine has been researched along with Contact Dermatitis in 1 studies

Hydroxychloroquine: A chemotherapeutic agent that acts against erythrocytic forms of malarial parasites. Hydroxychloroquine appears to concentrate in food vacuoles of affected protozoa. It inhibits plasmodial heme polymerase. (From Gilman et al., Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 9th ed, p970)
hydroxychloroquine : An aminoquinoline that is chloroquine in which one of the N-ethyl groups is hydroxylated at position 2. An antimalarial with properties similar to chloroquine that acts against erythrocytic forms of malarial parasites, it is mainly used as the sulfate salt for the treatment of lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, and light-sensitive skin eruptions.

Research Excerpts

ExcerptRelevanceReference
" Four months after returning to work, the patient experienced a first episode of severe asthma and generalized dermatitis with conjunctivitis following exposure to hydroxychloroquine the day before."7.70[Occupationally-induced contact dermatitis and bronchial asthma in a unusual delayed reaction to hydroxychloroquine]. ( Elsner, P; Meier, H; Wüthrich, B, 1999)
" Four months after returning to work, the patient experienced a first episode of severe asthma and generalized dermatitis with conjunctivitis following exposure to hydroxychloroquine the day before."3.70[Occupationally-induced contact dermatitis and bronchial asthma in a unusual delayed reaction to hydroxychloroquine]. ( Elsner, P; Meier, H; Wüthrich, B, 1999)

Research

Studies (1)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-19900 (0.00)18.7374
1990's1 (100.00)18.2507
2000's0 (0.00)29.6817
2010's0 (0.00)24.3611
2020's0 (0.00)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Meier, H1
Elsner, P1
Wüthrich, B1

Other Studies

1 other study available for hydroxychloroquine and Contact Dermatitis

ArticleYear
[Occupationally-induced contact dermatitis and bronchial asthma in a unusual delayed reaction to hydroxychloroquine].
    Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete, 1999, Volume: 50, Issue:9

    Topics: Asthma; Bronchial Provocation Tests; Dermatitis, Contact; Drug Industry; Forced Expiratory Volume; H

1999