Chronic Actinic Dermatitis: An Analysis of 51 Patients Evaluated in the United States and Japan

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 130, Issue 10, 1994, Pages 1284-1289

  Lim, Henry W ^a,b   Morison, Warwick L ^c   Kamide, Ryoichi ^d   Buchness, Mary Ruth ^a,b   Harris, Ross ^a,b   Soter, Nicholas A ^b  

^a Dermatology Service New York ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^d JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBENZOIC ACID; 4 AMINOBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; 6 METHYLCOUMARIN; ALLERGEN; AVOBENZONE; AZATHIOPRINE; BITHIONOL; CHLORHEXIDINE ACETATE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; DICHLOROPHEN; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; ETRETINATE; FENTICLOR; HEXACHLOROPHENE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE SULFATE; METHOXSALEN; MUSK AMBRETTE; PETROLATUM; PHENYLENEDIAMINE; PROMETHAZINE; SORBITAN SESQUIOLEATE; SULFANILAMIDE; SULISOBENZONE; SUNSCREEN; TETRACHLORSALAN; TRIBROMSALAN; TRICLOSAN; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHOTODERMATOSIS; PHOTOPATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUVA; SKIN INFLAMMATION; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; UNITED STATES;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; SKIN TESTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0027997894     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.1994.01690100068011     Document Type: Article

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