A clinical study of the spectrum of photodermatoses in dark-skinned populations

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 823-829

  Wadhwani, A R ^a   Sharma, V K ^a   Ramam, M ^a   Khaitan, B K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACTINIC POROKERATOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHRONIC ACTINIC DERMATITIS; CONGENITAL ERYTHROPOIETIC PORPHYRIA; DERMATITIS; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISCOID LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMELLAR ICHTHYOSIS; LICHEN PLANUS; LICHENOID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTODERMATOSIS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; ROSACEA; SKIN; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VASCULAR DISEASE; XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888127362     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ced.12098     Document Type: Article

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