Time course of ultraviolet B-induced erythema in people with red hair harbouring homozygous melanocortin 1 receptor mutations

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 514-517

  Ha, Thomas K K ^a   Waterston, Karen ^a   Bisset, Yvonne ^a   Ray, Amanda ^a   Rees, Jonathan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delayed erythema; Erythema; Melanocortin 1 receptor; Pigmentation; Ultra violet radiation

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHEMA; GENE MUTATION; HAIR COLOR; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; RADIATION DOSE; SKIN INFLAMMATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ERYTHEMA; HAIR COLOR; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MUTATION; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 1; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0042063717     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0625.2003.00076.x     Document Type: Article

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