A case of actinic prurigo showing hypersensitivity of skin fibroblasts to ultraviolet A (UVA)

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 38-41

  Kuno, Yoshinori ^a   Sato, K ^a   Hasegawa, K ^a   Tsuji, T ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actinic prurigo; Fibroblast; Photosensitivity; Reproduction test; Survival to UVA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EPIDERMOLYSIS; ERYTHEMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURIGO; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN FIBROBLAST; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADULT; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; PRURIGO; SKIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0033975959     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0781.2000.160110.x     Document Type: Article

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