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Photosensitivity: a possible cause for Wells' syndrome?
Author(s) -
Kwah Yung Chien
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
photodermatology, photoimmunology and photomedicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.736
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1600-0781
pISSN - 0905-4383
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2008.00332.x
Subject(s) - photosensitivity , dermatology , medicine , materials science , optoelectronics
Summary Wells' syndrome is a rare inflammatory dermatitis. To date, the cause is unknown but it has been associated with a variety of triggers. We present a case of Wells' syndrome with coexisting photosensitivity.