| Chapter title |
Photodermatoses in the Pigmented Skin
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|---|---|
| Chapter number | 10 |
| Book title |
Ultraviolet Light in Human Health, Diseases and Environment
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| Published in |
Advances in experimental medicine and biology, January 2017
|
| DOI | 10.1007/978-3-319-56017-5_10 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Book ISBNs |
978-3-31-956016-8, 978-3-31-956017-5
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| Authors |
Vinod Kumar Sharma, Kanika Sahni, Sharma, Vinod Kumar, Sahni, Kanika |
| Abstract |
Skin colour (specifically in relation to its melanin content and composition) has a marked influence on its interaction with ultraviolet light. Eumelanin has mainly photoprotective properties while pheomelanin has the ability to cause formation of reactive oxygen species. This difference is responsible for the difference in incidence and presentation of various idiopathic photodermatoses in dark skinned patients compared to those with lighter skin types. Certain conditions are peculiar to darker skins including pin point popular variant of polymorphous light eruption. These differences are discussed in this chapter while also highlighting the challenges faced in performing phototesting in patients with dark skin. |
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| Unknown | 12 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
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| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 25% |
| Other | 2 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 2 | 17% |
| Researcher | 2 | 17% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 1 | 8% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 2 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 8 | 67% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 3 | 25% |