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Sunbed‐induced pseudoporphyria
Author(s) -
MURPHY G.M.,
WRIGHT J.,
NICHOLLS D.S.H.,
McKEE P.H.,
MESSENGER A.G.,
HAWK J.L.M.,
LEVENE G.M.
Publication year - 1989
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.1365-2133.1989.tb01331.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatology , sun exposure , porphyria , epidermolysis bullosa , milia
SUMMARY The Clinical details of four fair‐skinned women with recurrent blistering and skin fragility are presented. All had considerable sun‐exposure and had used sunbeds for years. Specific causes of bullous dermatoses including drug ingestion, porphyria, cutaneous amyloidosis and epidermolysis bullosa acquisita were excluded. Long‐term recurrent exposure to high doses of sunbed radiation in chronically sun‐damaged skin appears to be a further cause of pseudoporphyria.