Photocarcinogenesis and toxicity of benzoyl peroxide in hairless mice after simulated solar radiation

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 381-386

  Lerche, Catharina M ^a   Philipsen, Peter A ^a   Poulsen, Thomas ^b   Wulf, Hans Christian ^a  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b Sonderborg Hospital   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Benzoyl peroxide; Clindamycin; Mice; Photocarcinogenesis; Phototoxicity

Indexed keywords

BENZOYL PEROXIDE; CLINDAMYCIN; CLINDOXYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HAIRLESS MOUSE; MONOTHERAPY; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTOXICITY; SIMULATION; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SKIN TOXICITY; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; BENZOYL PEROXIDE; CARCINOGENICITY TESTS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MICE; MICE, HAIRLESS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PULMONARY EDEMA; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 77951755362     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: 16000625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2009.00927.x     Document Type: Article

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