High-level ultraviolet A photoprotection is needed to prevent doxycycline phototoxicity: Lessons learned in East Timor [12]

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 213-214

  Lim, D S ^a   Murphy, G M ^b  

^a OUR LADY OF LOURDES HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVOBENZONE; BIS(ETHYLHEXYLOXYPHENOL)METHOXYPHENOL TRIAZINE; DIBENZOYLMETHANE DERIVATIVE; DOXYCYCLINE; DROMETRIZOLE; METHYLENE BIS(BENZOTRIZOLYL)TETRAMETHYLBUTYLPHENOL; MEXORYL XL; MEXORYL XS; OXYBENZONE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SUNSCREEN; TEREPHTHALYLIDENE DICAMPHOR SULFONIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TINASORB M; TINASORB S; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC OXIDE;

ACNE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; LETTER; MALARIA; ONYCHOLYSIS; PHOTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RASH; ROSACEA; SUNBURN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS;

ANTIMALARIALS; DERMATITIS, PHOTOTOXIC; DOXYCYCLINE; DRUG ERUPTIONS; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0041633586     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2003.05389.x     Document Type: Letter

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