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Case Reports
. 1975 Jan;92(1):101-7.
doi: 10.1159/000144432.

Solar urticaria. A case with possible increase of skin mast cells

H Baart de la Faille, P B Rottier, E H Baart de la Faille-Kuyper
Case Reports

Solar urticaria. A case with possible increase of skin mast cells

H Baart de la Faille et al. Br J Dermatol. 1975 Jan.

Abstract

A case of solar urticaria is described showing: (I) Action spectra for late erythema (MED), late swelling and wealing with one peak of sensitivity for erythema and wealing at 405 nm. (2) No signs of porphyria. (3) Possibly increased skin mast cells. (4) Short-lived post-irradiation fibrin deposition. (5) Haemolysis. (6) Apparent suppression of urticaria with the antihistamine Incidal.

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