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Phototoxicity

A condition in which the skin or eyes become very sensitive to sunlight or other forms of light. It can be caused by taking certain drugs, or rubbing… 
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2015
2015
Development and Evaluation of Nanoemulsions Containing Phthalocyanines for Use in Photodynamic Cancer Therapy.
This work reports the development of oil in water (o/w) nanoemulsions containing poly(ethylene oxide)-poly(propylene oxide) block… 
2000
2000
Fluoroquinolone Safety and Tolerability
Fluoroquinolones in general have an excellent safety record. Adverse drug reactions primarily affect the gastrointestinal system… 
1996
1996
Hypericin‐Induced Phototoxicity in Cultured Fibroblasts and Swine Erythrocytes
Hypericin is a naturally occurring photosensitizer, whose presence in plants has been responsible for cutaneous phototoxicity in… 
Review
1990
Review
1990
The Evaluation of Cutaneous Toxicity: Past and Future
It is clear from a variety of statistics (1, 2) that cutaneous toxicity due to chemical exposure is of some significance. Most of… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Systemic suppression of contact hypersensitivity by UVB radiation is unrelated to the UVB-induced alterations in the morphology and number of Langerhans cells.
Exposure of mice to UVB (280-320 nm) ultraviolet radiation reduces contact hypersensitivity (CHS) reactions to chemicals that are… 
1981
1981
Kinetics of phototoxicity of Fischer's medium for L5178Y leukemic cells.
The uncontrolled exposure of Fischer's medium to cool white fluorescent (CWF) light or other sources emitting near-ultraviolet or… 
1981
1981
Pre-clinical evaluation of new antiproliferative agents for the photochemotherapy of psoriasis: angelicin derivatives.
To have, before the clinical evaluation, sufficiently predictive information about the antiproliferative and phototoxic effect of… 
1974
1974
Photosensitive Lichenoid Eruption Associated with Demeclocycline
To the Editor.— In theArchives, (106:58, 1972), Jones and his colleagues described three patients who developed a lichenoid… 
1963
1963
Relationship of Photodynamic Action to Phototoxicity: Determinants of Morphologic Response
Experimental evidence involving the photosensitizing properties of hematoporphyrin is presented. Hematoporphyrin is shown by… 
1961
1961
Demethylchloretetracycline phototoxicity. Report of a case.