BACKGROUND Allergic contact dermatitis is a well-known cause of hand eczema, although the influence of contact allergens on different clinical types of hand eczema remains still unclear. OBJECTIVE To identify most common positive tested allergens among hand eczema patients and to define the relation between specific contact allergies and clinical types of hand eczema according to the guidelin...

hand eczema is a common distressing skin problem. it is an immune reaction to haptens. thus, substances that inhibit immune system can be effective in the treatment of hand eczema. in this study, topical fumaric acid 5% cream is compared with topical steroid in the treatment of hand eczema. patients with hand eczema were randomly divided into two groups. one group received fumaric acid 5% in a ...

BACKGROUND Hand eczema is one of the most common skin disorders and negatively affects quality of life. However, a large-scale multicenter study investigating the clinical features of patients with hand eczema has not yet been conducted in Korea. OBJECTIVE To identify the prevalence of various hand diseases, which is defined as all cutaneous disease occurring in hands, and to investigate the ...