Publications by authors named "Maria V Heisterberg"
Background: Fragrance allergy is a lifelong condition that may give rise to permanent or recurrent contact dermatitis and may affect quality of life (QoL). The effect on QoL has not yet been investigated, and no disease-specific QoL instrument for fragrance allergy exists.
Objective: To develop and validate a disease-specific instrument to investigate QoL among fragrance-allergic subjects.
Background: Fragrance allergy is a lifelong condition that may give rise to permanent or recurrent contact dermatitis and may affect quality of life (QoL). The effect on QoL has not yet been investigated, and no disease-specific QoL instrument for fragrance allergy exists.
Objective: To develop and validate a disease-specific instrument to investigate QoL among fragrance-allergic subjects.
Background: Fragrance ingredients can cause contact allergy, which may affect quality of life (QoL). However, few studies have investigated this topic.
Objectives: To investigate QoL life among subjects with a fragrance allergy as compared with other eczema patients.
Background: Fragrance ingredients are a frequent cause of allergic contact dermatitis. The EU Cosmetics Directive states that 26 specific fragrance ingredients, known to cause allergic contact dermatitis, must be declared on the ingredient lists of cosmetic products.
Objectives: To investigate frequencies of sensitization to the 26 individual fragrances and evaluate their importance as screening markers of fragrance allergy.
Background: Fragrances frequently cause contact allergy, and cosmetic products are the main causes of fragrance contact allergy. As the various products have distinctive forms of application and composition of ingredients, some product groups are potentially more likely to play a part in allergic reactions than others.
Aim: To determine which cosmetic product groups cause fragrance allergy among Danish eczema patients.
Background: Fragrance mix II (FM II) is a relatively new screening marker for fragrance contact allergy. It was introduced in the patch test baseline series in Denmark in 2005 and contains six different fragrance chemicals commonly present in cosmetic products and which are known allergens.
Aim: To investigate the diagnostic contribution of including FM II in the baseline series by comparing it with other screening markers of fragrance allergy: fragrance mix I (FM I), Myroxylon pereirae and hydroxyisohexyl 3-cyclohexene carboxaldehyde (HICC).
Background: Methyl 2-octynoate is a synthetic fragrance which was first described to have sensitizing properties in 1935. It is one of the 26 fragrances to be labelled on the ingredient list according to current European cosmetics regulation.
Objectives: To report the experience with patch testing with methyl 2-octynoate 1% and 2% in pet.