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A complex photodermatosis: solar urticaria progressing to polymorphic light eruption
Author(s) -
PATEL GIRISH K.,
MCGREGOR JANE M.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2230.1998.00317.x
Subject(s) - photodermatosis , provocation test , dermatology , medicine , photosensitivity , ultraviolet light , ultraviolet b , optics , photochemistry , chemistry , physics , pathology , dna , biochemistry , alternative medicine , xeroderma pigmentosum , dna damage
We report an unusual case of localized solar urticaria which progressed on each occasion to polymorphic light eruption (PLE); this was initially noted following provocation by narrow band ulraviolet B (311–313 nm) phototherapy.