Chronic actinic dermatitis due to simvastatin

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 294-295

  Rodriguez Granados, M Teresa ^a   De La Torre, Carlos ^a   Cruces, Manuel J ^a   Piñeiro, Guadalupe ^a  

^a HOSPITAL MONTECELO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Actinic reticuloid; Chronic actinic dermatits; Drug reactions; Lipid lowering drugs; Medicaments; Photosensitivity; Simvastatin

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; SIMVASTATIN;

ACTINIC RETICULOID; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOPATCH TEST; PHOTOSENSITIVITY;

AGED; ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DERMATITIS, PHOTOTOXIC; DRUG ERUPTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; SIMVASTATIN;

EID: 15644372543     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1998.tb05756.x     Document Type: Article

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