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Allergic contact dermatitis caused by sesame oil in a topical Chinese medicine, shi-un-ko.

Oiso N, Yamadori Y, Higashimori N, Kawara S, Kawada A

Department of Dermatology, Kinki University School of Medicine, 377-2 Ohno-Higashi, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka 589-8511, Japan. noiso@med.kindai.ac.jp

Topical Chinese medicines are used for skin disorders as traditional medicine in Japan. We describe a case of allergic contact dermatitis from a topical Chinese medicine, shi-un-ko.

Published 11 January 2008 in Contact Dermatitis, 58(2): 109.
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