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Contact and photocontact sensitization in chronic actinic dermatitis: a changing picture by Chew, Ai-Lean, Bashir, Saqib J, Hawk, John LM, Palmer, Roy, White, Ian R, McFadden, John P

“…Background: Patients with chronic actinic dermatitis (CAD) frequently have positive patch or photopatch tests. In our previous study (period 1987–1992), the…”
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New Insights About Infant and Toddler Skin: Implications for Sun Protection by PALLER, AmyS, HAWK, John L. M, HONIG, Paul, YOKE CHIN GIAM, HOATH, Steven, CATHERINE MACK, M, STAMATAS, Georgios N

“…The skin is increasingly recognized as a component of the innate immune response, in addition to its role as a physical barrier. Although the deleterious…”
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Spectrophotometric intracutaneous analysis as an early non-invasive predictor of efficacy in the phototherapy of psoriasis by Novaković, Ljubomir, Cotton, Symon, Hawk, John L. M.

“…Background: Phototherapy is generally effective for psoriasis but individual responsiveness and optimal treatment duration for disease clearance are…”
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Photoadaptation during Narrowband Ultraviolet-B Therapy Is Independent of Skin Type: A Study of 352 Patients by Palmer, Roy A., Aquilina, Susan, Milligan, Peter J., Walker, Susan L., Hawk, John L.M., Young, Antony R.

“…Understanding how photoadaptation differs between individuals is important when considering susceptibility to the beneficial and harmful effects of sunlight…”
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Randomized double-blind trial of treatment of vitiligo: efficacy of psoralen-UV-A therapy vs Narrowband-UV-B therapy by Yones, Sami Sasi, Palmer, Roy A, Garibaldinos, Trish M, Hawk, John L M

“…To compare the efficacy of oral psoralen-UV-A (PUVA) with that of narrowband-UV-B (NB-UVB) phototherapy in patients with nonsegmental vitiligo. Double-blind…”
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Randomized double-blind trial of the treatment of chronic plaque psoriasis: efficacy of psoralen-UV-A therapy vs narrowband UV-B therapy by Yones, Sami S, Palmer, Roy A, Garibaldinos, Trish T, Hawk, John L M

“…To compare the efficacy of oral psoralen-UV-A (PUVA) therapy with that of narrowband UV-B (NB-UVB) therapy in patients with chronic plaque psoriasis…”
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The Effect of Solar-Simulated Radiation on the Elicitation Phase of Contact Hypersensitivity does not Differ Between Controls and Patients with Polymorphic Light Eruption by Palmer, Roy A., Hawk, John L.M., Young, Anthony R., Walker, Sue L.

“…It has been suggested that polymorphic light eruption (PLE) is characterized by a failure of ultraviolet radiation (UVR)-induced immunosuppression, resulting…”
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Ultraviolet-Radiation-Induced Erythema and Suppression of Contact Hypersensitivity Responses in Patients with Polymorphic Light Eruption by Van de Pas, Chantalle B., Kelly, Deirdre A., Young, Antony R., Hawk, John L.M., Walker, Susan L., Seed, Paul T.

“…Ultraviolet-radiation suppresses cell-mediated immunity in healthy humans. It has been postulated that, in the short term, this immunosuppression prevents…”
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Cutaneous photoprotection by Hawk, John L M

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Genetic Modeling of Abnormal Photosensitivity in Families with Polymorphic Light Eruption and Actinic Prurigo by McGregor, Jane M., Grabczynska, Sophie, Hawk, John L.M., Vaughan, Robert, Lewis, Cathryn M.

“…Actinic prurigo and polymorphic light eruption are two of the so-called idiopathic photodermatoses, resulting from abnormal cutaneous responses to ultraviolet…”
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Light-induced seborrhoeic eczema: severe photoprovocation from subclinical disease by Palmer, Roy A., Hawk, John L. M.

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Photosensitivity disorders: cause, effect and management by Millard, Thomas P, Hawk, John L M

“…Abnormal photosensitivity syndromes form a significant and common group of skin diseases. They include primary (idiopathic) photodermatoses such as polymorphic…”
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Photodermatoses in the elderly by Millard, T P, Hawk, J L

“…Several photodermatoses specifically affect the elderly, and many others continue into old age. Photodermatoses present unique challenges in diagnosis and…”
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Immune Function, Mutant Frequency, and Cancer Risk in the DNA Repair Defective Genodermatoses Xeroderma Pigmentosum, Cockayne's Syndrome, and Trichothiodystrophy by Norris, Paul G., Limb, G. Astrid, Hamblin, Anne S., Lehmann, Alan R., Arlett, Colin F., Cole, Jane, Waugh, Alastair P.W., Hawk, John L.M.

“…There is evidence for defective DNA repair in xeroderma pigmentosum, Cockayne's syndrome, and trichothiodystrophy, but for increased cancer risk only in…”
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Photoprotection and 5-MOP Photochemoprotection from UVR-Induced DNA Damage in Humans: The Role of Skin Type by Young, Antony R., Potten, Christopher S., Chadwick, Caroline A., Murphy, Gillian M., Hawk, John L.M., Cohen, A Jeffrey

“…Sites on previously unexposed buttock skin in 18 subjects (skin types I-V) were treated daily for 2 weeks with sub-erythemogenic doses of solar-simulated…”
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Adhesion Molecule Expression in Polymorphic Light Eruption by Norris, Paul G, Barker, Jonathan N W N, Allen, Michael H, Leiferman, Kristin M, MacDonald, Donald M, Haskard, Dorian O, Hawk, John L M

“…Endothelial leukocyte adhesion molecule-1 (ELAM-1), vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1), and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) are…”
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Light-induced seborrhoeic eczema: severe photoprovocation from subclinical disease by Palmer, Roy A, Hawk, John L M

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Immunologic Differentiation of the Sézary Syndrome Due to Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma and Chronic Actinic Dermatitis by Chu, Anthony C, Robinson, Danielle, Hawk, John L M, Meacham, Robert, Spittle, Margaret F, Smith, Neil P

“…Peripheral blood mononuclear cells from two well-defined groups of patients with the Sézary syndrome have been studied employing indirect immunofluorescent and…”
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p53 immunoreactivity in cutaneous PUVA tumors is similar to that in other non-melanoma skin neoplasms by Proby, C M, du Peloux Menagé, H, McGregor, J M, Hobbs, C, Norris, P G, Smith, N, Hawk, J L, McKee, P H

“…Expression of the p53 tumor suppressor gene product was determined in keratoses and skin cancers associated with psoralen photochemotherapy (PUVA). An…”
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Genetic Heterogeneity in Erythropoietic Protoporphyria: A Study of the Enzymatic Defect in Nine Affected Families by Norris, Paul G, Nunn, Alistair V, Hawk, John L.M., Cox, Timothy M

“…Erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) is associated with a deficiency of protohaem ferrolyase. We have used a novel assay for this enzyme based on its ability to…”
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