Actinic prurigo

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 272-275

  Ross, Gayle ^a   Foley, Peter ^a,b   Baker, Chris ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

HLA DRB1* 0407; HLA typing; Photodermatosis; Photosensitivity; Thalidomide

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; BETA CAROTENE; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CHLOROQUINE; CIMETIDINE; CORTICOSTEROID; EMOLLIENT AGENT; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; LENALIDOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PSORALEN; THALIDOMIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACTINIC PRURIGO; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; AUSTRALIA; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONSTIPATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NEUROTOXICITY; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHOTODERMATOSIS; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PROVOCATION TEST; REVIEW; SECONDARY INFECTION; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SEX RATIO; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SKIN BIOPSY; SUN EXPOSURE; TERATOGENICITY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; PRURIGO;

EID: 51949083655     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2008.00375.x     Document Type: Review

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