Systemic photosensitivity due to Goji berries

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 245-247

  Gómez Bernal, Silvia ^a   Rodríguez Pazos, Laura ^a   García Martínez, Francisco Javier ^a   Ginarte, Manuel ^a   Rodríguez Granados, María Teresa ^a   Toribio, Jaime ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Goji; Herbal; Lycium barbarum; Photosensitivity; Phototesting

Indexed keywords

CAT CLAW; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG ERUPTION; ERYTHEMA; GOJI BERRY; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RADIATION DOSE;

ERYTHEMA; FRUIT; HUMANS; LYCIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 80053301185     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2011.00603.x     Document Type: Article

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