Photosensitivity in patients with lupus erythematosus: A clinical and photobiological study of 100 patients using a prolonged phototest protocol

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 131-137

  Sanders, C J G ^a   Van Weelden, H ^a   Kazzaz, G A A ^b   Sigurdsson, V ^a   Toonstra, J ^a   Bruijnzeel Koomen, C A F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b IJsselmeerziekenhuizen   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lupus erythematosus; Photosensitivity; Phototesting

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; AUTOANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEROLOGY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, CUTANEOUS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, DISCOID; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; PREDNISONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TESTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0041633648     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2003.05379.x     Document Type: Article

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