Polymorphous light eruption in African Americans: Pinpoint papular variant

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 303-306

  Kontos, Anderw P ^a   Cusack, Carrie A ^a   Chaffins, Marsha ^a   Lim, Henry W ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Photodermatosis; Pinpoint papules; Polymorphous light eruption

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID; GLIBENCLAMIDE; SUNSCREEN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHROCYTE; EXTRAVASATION; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LICHENOID; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; NEGRO; PHOTODERMATOSIS; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN EXAMINATION; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ARM; DERMATITIS, PHOTOALLERGIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 0036916004     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0781.2002.02779.x     Document Type: Article

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