Double trouble from sunburn: UVB-induced erythema is associated with a transient decrease in skin pigmentation

Skin Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 160-165

  Casetti, F ^a   Miese, A ^a   Mueller, M L ^a   Simon, J C ^b   Schempp, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

DOPA staining; Melanin index; Melanocytes; Sunburn; Ultraviolet B radiation

Indexed keywords

DOPA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MELANOCYTE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOMETRY; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOLAR RADIATION; STAINING; SUNBURN; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADULT; BIOPSY; DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOCYTES; PHOTOMETRY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STAINING AND LABELING; SUNBURN; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 78651233282     PISSN: 16605527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000323274     Document Type: Article

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