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Article: Contact dermatitis: New science, new solutions
- Article from:
- Dermatology Times
- Article date:
- June 1, 2004
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Chicago - New directions in the understanding and treatment of contact dermatitis run the gamut from easy-to-use databases to more complex analyses of the condition's histological hallmarks. In the former area, the Contact Allergan Replacement Database (CARD), developed by the Mayo Clinic Scottsdale and available from the American Contact Dermatitis Society, has proven extremely useful.
"Rather than giving the patient a list of substances they have to avoid," says James W. Swan, M.D., "it's a list of substances and products they can use safely and not have to worry about reacting to them."
Dr. Swan is assistant professor, Department of Dermatology, Fineberg School of Medicine, Northwestern ...