Vitamin E and Allergic Contact Dermatitis

@article{Kosari2010VitaminEA,
  title={Vitamin E and Allergic Contact Dermatitis},
  author={Payman Kosari and Ali Alikhan and Mary Sockolov and Steven R. Feldman},
  journal={Dermatitis},
  year={2010},
  volume={21},
  pages={148–153}
}
&NA; Reports of vitamin E‐induced allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) and frequent use of vitamin‐E derivatives (tocopherol, tocopheryl linoleate, tocopherol acetate, etc) in skin care products deserves further investigation into tolerability and suitability of vitamin E in skin care preparations. A PubMed search was conducted to review the prevalence of vitamin E‐induced ACD. It revealed 931 cases of vitamin E‐induced ACD mainly from one large study. There were no reported deaths and only three… 
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