True photoallergy to sunscreens is rare despite popular belief

Dermatitis

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 185-198

  Shaw, Tatyana ^a   Simpson, Brenda ^a   Wilson, Brittney ^a   Oostman, Holly ^a   Rainey, David ^a   Storrs, Frances ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 (4 METHYLBENZYLIDENE)CAMPHOR; 4 AMINOBENZOIC ACID GLYCEROL ESTER; 4 METHOXYCINNAMIC ACID 2 ETHYLHEXYL ESTER; ANTHELIOS SX; BENZOPHENONE; EUSOLEX; SUNSCREEN; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVINOL MS; Z COTE; 2,2',4,4'-TETRAHYDROXYBENZOPHENONE; 4 AMINOBENZOIC ACID; AVOBENZONE, ECAMSULE, OCTOCRILENE DRUG COMBINATION; BENZOPHENONE DERIVATIVE; BIS-ETHYLHEXYLOXYPHENOL METHOXYPHENYL TRIAZINE; BORNANE DERIVATIVE; CHALCONE DERIVATIVE; CYANOACRYLATE DERIVATIVE; DRUG COMBINATION; ECAMSULE; METHYLENE BIS-BENZOTRIAZOLYL TETRAMETHYLPHENOL; OXALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TITANIUM; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; MALE; PHOTOALLERGY; PHOTODERMATOSIS; PHOTOPATCH TEST; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DERMATITIS, PHOTOALLERGIC; DRUG COMBINATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE;

4-AMINOBENZOIC ACID; BENZOPHENONES; BORNANES; CHALCONES; CYANOACRYLATES; DERMATITIS, PHOTOALLERGIC; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXALATES; PATCH TESTS; PHENOLS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SULFONIC ACIDS; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; TITANIUM; TRIAZINES;

EID: 77955113888     PISSN: 17103568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/6620.2010.10016     Document Type: Article

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