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Case Reports
. 1989 Apr;120(4):555-62.
doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1989.tb01331.x.

Sunbed-induced pseudoporphyria

G M Murphy  1 , J Wright, D S Nicholls, P H McKee, A G Messenger, J L Hawk, G M Levene
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Case Reports

Sunbed-induced pseudoporphyria

G M Murphy et al. Br J Dermatol. 1989 Apr.

Abstract

The clinical details of four fair-skinned women with recurrent blistering and skin fragility are presented. All had considerable sun-exposure and had used sunbeds for years. Specific causes of bullous dermatoses including drug ingestion, porphyria, cutaneous amyloidosis and epidermolysis bullosa acquisita were excluded. Long-term recurrent exposure to high doses of sunbed radiation in chronically sun-damaged skin appears to be a further cause of pseudoporphyria.

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