Contact dermatitis

It is an unusual event for a textbook covering such a national and international networks and the use of highly specialized field as contact dermatitis to be standardized methodology, a highly differentiated published in its fourth edition within a time period picture can now be painted; we know the major p- of 13 years. When the European and Environmental fessions at risk, as well as the influences of age and Contact Dermatitis Research Group was founded in various cofactors. This is a solid basis for preventive 1985,one of the major goals was to edit a textbook of measures. A new allergen, described in one center, high scientific standard written by renown experts can now be tested on a large scale in a short time and keep it regularly updated. The greatest danger period. If the data evaluation shows an unacceptably for a textbook is to become outdated - then it stays high rate of sensitization in the exposed population, on the bookshelf and is rarely consulted. The contin- regulatory measures will be undertaken to protect uous flow of new medicaments, the fascinating the consumer. A recent example is the?methyldib- improvements in diagnostic image analysis and ever- mo glutaronitrile story.? changing operative procedures are the reasons for These and other issues of importance are covered considerable knowledge deficits in old textbooks, in depth in the newest edition of this textbook.

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 -- E…