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Actinic prurigo and polymorphic light eruption: common pathogenesis and the importance of HLA-DR4/DRB1*0407
1 Feb 1999
Abstract excerpt
Actinic prurigo (AP) and polymorphic light eruption (PLE) both belong to the group of idiopathic photodermatoses, but it remains controversial whether AP is a distinct photodermatosis or a variant of PLE. The aim of this study, by collecting data from 119 patients with features of these disorders, was to establish whether specific criteria could be used to distinguish AP from PLE prospectively. We found that...
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