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Phototests in Japanese Patients with Papulovesicular Light Eruption: Positive Provocation with UVA
Author(s) -
Torinuki Wakio
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1990.tb01686.x
Subject(s) - provocation test , dermatology , etiology , medicine , lesion , surgery , pathology , alternative medicine
In six Japanese patients with papulovesicular light eruption (PVLE), photoprovocative tests were performed by irradiating UVA or UVB on the skin of the back on three consecutive days. One patient developed the typical lesion of PVLE at the test site with two consecutive daily irradiations of UVA. The remaining 5 patients had no abnormal phototest reactions. It was obvious that UVA plays an etiological role in at least some cases of PVLE.