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THE ASSOCIATION OF PHOTOSENSITIVITY AND ATOPY IN THE CHILD
Author(s) -
FRAINBELL W.,
SCATCHARD M.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1971.tb07193.x
Subject(s) - atopy , photosensitivity , dermatology , medicine , history , library science , asthma , computer science , optics , physics
SUMMARY.— Some atopic children, usually girls, develop, in addition to dermatitis (eczema), prurigo of the skin, particularly of the face, neck and limbs, on exposure to sunlight. Five examples of this clinical presentation were studied and, on phototesting, using a xenon light source passed through a diffraction grating monochromator, no confirmatory evidence was obtained of abnormal response to light in the u. v. or visible spectrum. The relationship between this condition and Hutchinson's Summer Prurigo is discussed as is the relationship to polymorphic light eruption in the adult female.