UV induced erythema evaluated 24 h post-exposure by skin reflectance and laser Doppler flowmetry is identical in healthy persons and patients with cutaneous malignant melanoma and basal cell cancer

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 30-35

  Lock Andersen, Jørgen ^a,b   Gniadecka, Monika ^a   De Fine Olivarius, Frederik ^a   Dahlstrøm, Karin ^a   Wulf, Hans Chr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Laser Doppler flowmetry; Melanoma; Minimal erythema dose; Skin cancer; Skin reflectance; UV

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BUTTOCK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MELANOMA; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VOLUNTEER;

ERYTHEMA; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MELANOMA; NEOPLASMS, BASAL CELL; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0031464015     PISSN: 10111344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1011-1344(97)00077-8     Document Type: Article

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