Common Hyperpigmentation Disorders in Adults: Part I. Diagnostic Approach, Café au Lait Macules, Diffuse Hyperpigmentation, Sun Exposure, and Phototoxic Reactions

American Family Physician

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1955-1960

  Stulberg, Daniel L ^a,c   Clark, Nicole ^a   Tovey, Daniel ^b  

^a Utah Valley Fam Pract Resid Prog   (United States)

^b INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c UTAH VALLEY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTHRANILIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BLEACHING AGENT; CARPROFEN; CEFTAZIDIME; COAL TAR; DILTIAZEM; DIURETIC AGENT; ETRETINATE; FLUDROCORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE; IBUPROFEN; KETOPROFEN; MECLOFENAMIC ACID; METHOTREXATE; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PHENOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE; PORPHYRIN; QUINIDINE; QUININE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RETINOID; SALICYLIC ACID; SULFONAMIDE; SUNSCREEN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VINBLASTINE; VINBLASTINE SULFATE;

ADDISON DISEASE; CAFE AU LAIT SPOT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LENTIGINOSIS; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MELANOCYTE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; ONSET AGE; PHLEBOTOMY; PHOTOALLERGY; PIGMENTATION; REVIEW; SKIN SURGERY; SUN EXPOSURE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; CAFE-AU-LAIT SPOTS; DERMATITIS, PHOTOTOXIC; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MELANOCYTES; MELANOSIS; NEUROFIBROMATOSES; SUNBURN;

EID: 0344440707     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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