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Volume 347:1723-1724 November 21, 2002 Number 21
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Poison Ivy

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by Parkinson, G.
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To the Editor: In his contribution regarding poison ivy in the Images in Clinical Medicine section (July 4 issue),1 Dr. Parkinson correctly points out that contact dermatitis from the plant can occur at any time of the year. However, in the interest of total accuracy, the allergenic oleoresin is "urushiol," not "uroshiol" as printed.


Donald S. Schuster, M.D.
4414 Regent St.
Madison, WI 53705

  1. Parkinson G. The many faces of poison ivy. N Engl J Med 2002;347:35-35. [Free Full Text]
 
To the Editor: We would like to call attention to the commonly perpetuated inaccuracy, which comes down to us from Linnaeus himself, in referring to poison ivy as "Rhus radicans." Nearly 50 years have . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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