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Long before the days of modern photoimmunology, there was evidence of systematic changes caused by exposure of the human body to UV radiation. Clinicians noted that UV irradiations influenced almost any blood component which could be counted or measured.(1) A practice developed in which a small quantity of a patient’s own blood was exposed to UV radiation and then re-injected; this was used as a treatment against infections and allergies.(2,3) Most of this was understood vaguely at best. Many of the recent observations are more specific and better accessible to check; one may hope that they will also be more fruitful.
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van der Leun, J.C., de Gruijl, F.R. (1988). A Systematic Influence of UV Radiation in Photocarcinogenesis. In: Douglas, R.H., Moan, J., Dall’Acqua, F. (eds) Light in Biology and Medicine. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0709-9_40
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