Azathioprine treatment photosensitizes human skin to ultraviolet A radiation

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 198-204

  Perrett, C M ^a,b   Walker, S L ^c   O'Donovan, P ^b   Warwick, J ^b   Harwood, C A ^a   Karran, P ^b   McGregor, J M ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

6 thioguanine; Reduction in MED; SSR; UVA; UVB

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; TIOGUANINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DNA DAMAGE; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOSENSITIZATION; SKIN CANCER; SKIN SENSITIVITY; SOLAR ENERGY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADULT; AZATHIOPRINE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; THIOGUANINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 45749122644     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2008.08610.x     Document Type: Article

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