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Abstract
A nonimmunologic, chemically induced type of photosensitivity producing a sometimes vesiculating dermatitis. It results in hyperpigmentation and desquamation of the light-exposed areas of the skin.
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- Dermatitis, Contact, Phototoxic
- Dermatitis, Phototoxic
- Phototoxic Contact Dermatitis
- Contact Dermatitides, Phototoxic
- Contact Dermatitis, Phototoxic
- Dermatitides, Phototoxic
- Dermatitides, Phototoxic Contact
- Dermatitis, Phototoxic Contact
- Phototoxic Contact Dermatitides
- Phototoxic Dermatitides
- Phototoxicity
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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History Note
93; PHOTOTOXICITY was see PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS 1979-92
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- Photosensitivity Disorders (1966-1992)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Phototoxic Dermatitis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017484. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017484
- Phototoxic Dermatitis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18556310