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Phototoxic and Photoallergic Reactions

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

    Roy A. Palmer

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

    Ian R. White

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  1. Klinikum Dortmund gGmbH, Hautklinik Lehrstuhl Dermatologie der Universität Witten/Herdecke, Beurhausstr. 40, 44137, Dortmund, Germany

    Peter J. Frosch (Professor) (Professor)

  2. Dermatologisk afdeling K, Amtssygehuset Gentofte, 2900, Hellerup, Denmark

    Torkil Menné (Professor Dr.) (Professor Dr.)

  3. Laboratoire de Dermato-Chimie Clinique Dermatologique, CHU, 67091, Strasbourg Cedex, France

    Jean-Pierre Lepoittevin (Professor) (Professor)

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Palmer, R.A., White, I.R. (2006). Phototoxic and Photoallergic Reactions. In: Frosch, P.J., Menné, T., Lepoittevin, JP. (eds) Contact Dermatitis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-31301-X_17

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