Contact Dermatitis

Historical aspects / Jean-Marie Lachapelle -- Part I: Basic features. Mechanisms in allergic contact dermatitis / Thomas Rustemeyer, Ingrid van Hoogstraten, B. von Blomberg and Rik Scheper ; Molecular aspects of allergic contact dermatitis / Jean-Pierre Lepoittevin ; Mechanisms of irritant contact dermatitis / Steen Lisby and Ole Baadsgaard ; Immediate contact dermatitis / Arto Lahti and David Basketter ; Mechanisms of phototoxic and photoallergic reactions / Renz Mang, Helger Stege and Jean Krutmann -- Pathology. Histopathological and immunohistopathological. features of irritant and allergic contact dermatitis / Jean-Marie Lachapelle and Liliane Marot ; Ultrastructure of irritant and allergic contact dermatitis / Carolyn Willis ; Individual predisposition to irritant and allergic contact dermatitis / Tove Agner and Torkil Menné ; Epidemiology / Pieter-Jan Coenraads, Thomas Diepgen, Wolfgang Uter, Axel Schnuch and Olaf Gefeller ; Part III: Dermatotoxicology. Skin penetration / Hans Schaefer and Thomas Redelmeier ; Predictive tests for irritants and allergens and their use in quantitative risk assessment / David Basketter and Ian Kimber ; Allergic contact dermatitis in humans -- Experimental and quantitative aspects / Jeanne Duus Johansen, Peter J. Frosch and Torkil Menné -- Part IV: Clinical features. General aspects / Niels K. Veien ; Clinical aspects of irritant contact dermatitis / Peter J. Frosch and Swen Malte John ; Systemic contact dermatitis / Niels K. Veien and Torkil Menné ; Phototoxic and photoallergic reactions / Roy A. Palmer and Ian R. White ; Pigmented contact dermatitis and chemical depigmentation / Hideo Nakayama ; Hand eczema / Tove Agner ; Protein contact dermatitis / Matti Hannuksela ; Noneczematous contact reactions / Anthony Goon and Chee-Leok Goh -- Part V: Diagnostic tests. Patch testing / Jan E. Wahlberg and Magnus Lindberg ; Atopy patch testing with aeroallergens and food proteins / Ulf Darsow and Johannes Ring ; Patch testing in adverse drug reactions / Derk P. Bruynzeel and Margarida Gonçalo ; Allergens exposure assessment / Birgitta Gruvberger, Magnus Bruze, Sigfrid Fregert and Carola Lidén ; Skin tests for immediate hypersensitivity / Matti Hannuksela ; Photopatch testing / Roy A. Palmer and Ian R. White ; Noninvasive techniques for quantification of contact dermatitis / Jørgen Serup. Part VI: Allergic contact dermatitis related to specific exposures. Allergens from the standard series / Klaus Andersen, Ian White and An Goossens ; Cosmetics and skin care products / Ian R. White and Anton C. de Groot ; Allergens of special interest / Jeanne Johansen, Jean-Pierre Lepoittevin, David Basketter, John McFadden and Heidi Søsted ; Metals / Carola Lidén, Magnus Bruze and Torkil Menné ; Metalworking fluids / Johannes Geier and Holger Lessmann ; Plastic materials / Bert Björkner, Ann Pontén, Erik Zimerson and Malin Frick ; Topical drugs / Francisco M. Brandão, An Goossens and Antonella Tosti ; Skin disease from dental materials / Tuula Estlander, Kristiina Alanko and Riitta Jolanki ; Clothing / Christophe J. Le Coz ; Shoes / James S. Taylor, Emel Erkek and Patricia Podmore ; Occupational contact dermatitis / Richard J.G. Rycroft and Peter J. Frosch ; Health personnel / Ana M. Giménez-Arnau ; Plants and plant products / Christophe Le Coz and Georges Ducombs ; Pesticides / Carola Lidén ; Contact allergy in children / A. Goossens and M. Morren ; Principles of prevention and protection in contact dermatitis (with special reference to occupational dermatology) / Jean-Marie Lachapelle, W. Wigger-Alberti, Anders Boman, Gunh Mellström, Britta Wulfhorst, Meike Bock, Christoph Skudlik, Swen John, Daniel Perrenoud, Thierry Gogniat, William Olmstead, Elisabeth Held and Tove Agner ; Legislation / Ian White and David Basketter ; International comparison of legal aspects of worker compensation for occupational contact dermatitis / Peter Frosch, Werner Aberer, Paul August, Robert Adams, Tove Agner, Michael Beck, Lieve Constandt, L. Conde-Salazar, Matti Hannuksela, Swen John, Christophe Le Coz, J. Maqueda, Howard Maibach, Haydn Muston, Rosemary Nixon, Hanspeter Rast, W.I. van Tichelen and Jan Wahlberg ; Computers in the management of contact dermatitis / W. Uter, D. Orton, D. Perrenoud and A. Schnuch ; Contact dermatitis research groups / Derk Bruynzeel ; Patch test concentrations and vehicles for testing contact allergens / Anton De Groot and Peter Frosch ; Patch testing with the patients' own products / Peter Frosch, Johannes Geier, Wolfgang Uter and An Goossens ; Dictionary of contact allergens: chemical structures, sources and references / Christophe J. Le Coz and Jean-Pierre Lepoittevin.