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Phototoxic and Photoallergic Reactions

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Phototoxic and photo allergic reactions may be induced by the topical application of a compound followed by irradiation — phototoxic and photoallergic contact reactions. Alternatively, reactions may be induced after the systemic absorption of a compound followed by irradiation. Most of these latter reactions are probably phototoxic in nature, there being scanty evidence for photallergy.

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  1. St. John’s Institute of Dermatology, St. Thomas’s Hospital, SE1 7EH, London, UK

    Richard J. G. Rycroft

  2. Department of Dermatology, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Niels Andersens Vej 65, 2900, Hellerup, Denmark

    Torkil Menné

  3. Hautklinik der Städtischen Kliniken Dortmund, Abteilung Dermatologie, Universität Witten/Herdecke, Beurhausstraße 40, 44137, Dortmund, Germany

    Peter J. Frosch

  4. Clinique Dermatologique Laboratoire de Dermatochimie, Univ. Louis Pasteur, 1 Place de L’Hôpital, 67091, Strasbourg, France

    Jean-Pierre Lepoittevin

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White, I.R. (2001). Phototoxic and Photoallergic Reactions. In: Rycroft, R.J.G., Menné, T., Frosch, P.J., Lepoittevin, JP. (eds) Textbook of Contact Dermatitis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-10302-9_17

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