Susceptibility to UV-A and UV-B provocation does not correlate with disease severity of polymorphic light eruption

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 599-604

  Janssens, Artiena Soe ^a   Pavel, Stan ^a   Ling, Tsui ^b   Winhoven, Sandra Maria ^b   Anastasopoulou, Nikoletta ^c   Stratigos, Alexander ^c   Antoniou, Christina ^c   Diepgen, Thomas ^d   De Gruijl, Frank ^a   Rhodes, Lesley Elisabeth ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTODERMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASH; SCORING SYSTEM; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADULT; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN; SKIN TESTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 34249063260     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.143.5.599     Document Type: Article

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