Systemic photosensitivity due to a contraceptive patch

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 213-215

  Gómez Bernal, Silvia ^a   Loureiro, Manuel ^a   Rodríguez Granados, María Teresa ^a   Toribio, Jaime ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Contraceptive patch; Photosensitivity; Phototesting; Polymorphous light eruption

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DROSPIRENONE PLUS ETHINYLESTRADIOL; ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS NORELGESTROMIN; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DERMATITIS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN PRURITUS; SUN EXPOSURE; TRANSDERMAL PATCH; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; IMMUNOLOGY; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS;

EID: 77954746818     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2010.00517.x     Document Type: Article

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