Chronic actinic dermatitis secondary to simvastatin [1]

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 313-314

  Holme, S A ^a   Pearse, A D ^b   Anstey, A V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; METHOXSALEN; SIMVASTATIN;

ADULT; AGED; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC ACTINIC DERMATITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DERMATITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LETTER; LICHENOID ERUPTION; LIVER TOXICITY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; MALE; MYALGIA; MYOSITIS; PHOTOALLERGY; PHOTODERMATOSIS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; POMPHOLYX; PORPHYRIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUVA; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; URTICARIA;

ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; SIMVASTATIN;

EID: 18744400491     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0781.2002.02786.x     Document Type: Letter

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