An unusual case of solar urticaria exacerbated by clothing: Confirmation through phototesting

Affiliations

¹ Photobiological Dermatology Laboratory, Medical Research Center, Department of Dermatology and Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaga, Málaga, Spain.
² Project Engineering Area, Department of Graphic Expression Design and Projects. School of Industrial Engineering, University of Málaga, Málaga, Spain.
³ Unit of Eccema and Immunoallergy, Dermatology, University Hospital San Cecilio, Granada, Spain.

Case Reports

Maria V de Gálvez et al. Photodermatol Photoimmunol Photomed. 2023 Jul.

. 2023 Jul;39(4):403-406.

doi: 10.1111/phpp.12845. Epub 2022 Dec 7.

¹ Photobiological Dermatology Laboratory, Medical Research Center, Department of Dermatology and Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaga, Málaga, Spain.
² Project Engineering Area, Department of Graphic Expression Design and Projects. School of Industrial Engineering, University of Málaga, Málaga, Spain.
³ Unit of Eccema and Immunoallergy, Dermatology, University Hospital San Cecilio, Granada, Spain.

No abstract available

Keywords: UVA radiation; clothing; phototest; solar urticaria; visible radiation.

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