What is actinic prurigo in Britain?

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 85-86

  Grabczynska, S A ^a   Hawk, J L M ^a,b  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actinic prurigo; Britain

Indexed keywords

HLA DR4 ANTIGEN;

DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; PHOTODERMATOSIS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURIGO; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030838185     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.1997.tb00119.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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