Photopatch testing negative in systemic quinine phototoxicity

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 151-152

  Kerr, Alastair ^a   Shareef, Mohammed ^a   Dawe, Robert ^a   Ferguson, James ^a  

^a NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Photopatch testing; Phototoxicity; Quinine sulfate

Indexed keywords

QUININE SULFATE; QUININE;

AGED; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DERMATITIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; LEG CRAMP; LICHENOID; MEDICAL HISTORY; NOTE; PHOTOPATCH TEST; PHOTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; TOXICITY;

HUMANS; QUININE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77954059147     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2010.00503.x     Document Type: Note

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