Polymorphic light eruption occurs in 18% of europeans and does not show higher prevalence with increasing latitude: Multicenter survey of 6,895 individuals residing from the mediterranean to scandinavia

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 626-628

  Rhodes, Lesley E ^a   Bock, Michael ^b   Janssens, A Soe ^c   Ling, Tsui C ^a   Anastasopoulou, Lina ^d   Antoniou, Christina ^d   Aubin, François ^e   Bruckner, Thomas ^b   Faivre, Brigitte ^e   Gibbs, Neil K ^a   Jansen, Christer ^f   Pavel, Stan ^c   Stratigos, Alexander J ^d   De Gruijl, Frank R ^c   Diepgen, Thomas L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LATITUDE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTODERMATOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 75649117437     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2009.250     Document Type: Letter

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