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Urticaria

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Kanerva's Occupational Dermatology

Abstract

In occupational contact urticaria, various causative agents have been described, in particular chemicals or proteins.

The mechanism can be an immunological or non-immunological.

Natural rubber latex is due to immediatetype.

Immediate type hypersensitivity reactions to natural latex proteins are well-described causes of occupational contact urticaria, resulting in protein contact dermatitis.

Identification of occupational contact urticaria, in particular under the clinical picture of protein contact dermatitis is a diagnostic challenge.

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Le Coz, C.J. (2012). Urticaria. In: Rustemeyer, T., Elsner, P., John, SM., Maibach, H.I. (eds) Kanerva's Occupational Dermatology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02035-3_22

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