Contact urticaria and contact sensitization to yucca (Yucca gigantea Lem.) in a plant keeper.

Contact Dermatitis

Department of Dermatology and Allergy Centre, Odense University Hospital, University of Southern Denmark, DK-5000, Odense C, Denmark.

Published: August 2014

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