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Photosensitive disorders in HIV
Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine, 2017 Photosensitive disorders are common, affecting up to 5% of HIV-positive patients. HIV itself induces photosensitivity but photoaggravated drug reactions, porphyria cutanea tarda and nutritional disorders such as pellagra are also more common in patients ...
Karen Koch
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Photosensitivity skin disorders in childhood [PDF]
Photodermatology, Photoimmunology & Photomedicine, 2008 SummaryPhotosensitivity in childhood is caused by a diverse group of diseases. It usually indicates idiopathic photodermatoses, first of all polymorphic light eruption. It may be an early symptom of genetic disorders such as porphyria or very rare genophotodermatoses.
I. Horkay +4 more
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Photosensitivity Skin Disorders in Childhood [PDF]
Collegium antropologicum, 2010 Photosensitivity in childhood is caused by a diverse group of diseases. A specific sensitivity of a child’s skin to ultraviolet light is often the first manifestation or a clinical symptom of photodermatosis.
Ines Sjerobabski-Masnec +4 more
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A qualitative study of knowledge, behaviour and attitudes regarding vitamin D acquisition among patients with photosensitivity disorders [PDF]
Photodermatology, Photoimmunology & Photomedicine, 2020 Cutaneous exposure to sunlight is a major source of vitamin D. Individuals with photosensitivity disorders have symptoms provoked by sunlight and may not achieve the brief sunlight exposures that convey vitamin D acquisition.
Oluwafikunayo Orekoya +4 more
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Algorithmic approach toward diagnosis of patients with congenital photosensitivity disorders and review of literature [PDF]
International Journal of Dermatology, 2023 The congenital photosensitivity disorders present as cutaneous signs and symptoms secondary to photosensitivity, extracutaneous manifestations, and a predisposition to malignancy.
Nibedita Patro +3 more
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Possible involvement of keratinocyte-derived microvesicle particles in human photosensitivity disorders [PDF]
Photochemistry and PhotobiologyAbstract Previous murine studies have implicated acid sphingomyelinase (aSMase)‐generated subcellular microvesicle particles (MVP) in photosensitivity. Objective: The current double‐blinded placebo‐controlled studies examined if a single localized ultraviolet B radiation (UVB) treatment generated more MVP in human subjects with self ...
Risha Annamraju +12 more
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Photosensitivity in panic disorder [PDF]
Depression and Anxiety, 2008 The objective of this study is to evaluate abnormal light-related behavior in patients with panic disorder (PD).We administered the Photosensitivity Assessment Questionnaire to 30 subjects with PD and to 40 healthy subjects. The Photosensitivity Assessment Questionnaire is a self-report questionnaire that evaluates two dimensions of photosensitivity ...
Letizia Bossini +5 more
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Investigation of photosensitive disorders [PDF]
Photodermatology, Photoimmunology & Photomedicine, 2004 Investigation of photodermatosis is based primarily on the history and clinical findings, histological, immunological and biochemical findings are variably helpful depending on the clinical picture. Formal testing for photosensitivity may be the only definitive test proving photosensitivity on occasion.This article delineates the important features ...
Gillian Murphy
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Melanopsin, photosensitive ganglion cells, and seasonal affective disorder
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2012 In two recent reports, melanopsin gene variations were associated with seasonal affective disorder (SAD), and in changes in the timing of sleep and activity in healthy individuals. New studies have deepened our understanding of the retinohypothalamic tract, which translates environmental light received by the retina into neural signals sent to a set of
Kathryn A. Roecklein +5 more
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Association of mild traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other comorbidities on photosensitivity [PDF]
Optometry and Vision ScienceSIGNIFICANCE Photosensitivity is common after mild traumatic brain injury. However, this study demonstrates that photosensitivity is also impacted by common comorbidities that often occur with mild traumatic brain injury.
Jenalyn M. Jotie +5 more
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