Contact dermatitis from peppermint and menthol in a local action transcutaneous patch.

Contact Dermatitis

Department of Internal Medicine, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Unit of Dermatology, University of Bari, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.

Published: December 2003

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