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Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases > Skin Diseases > Photosensitivity Disorders

Preferred term

Photosensitivity Disorders  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Abnormal responses to sunlight or artificial light due to extreme reactivity of light-absorbing molecules in tissues. It refers almost exclusively to skin photosensitivity, including sunburn, reactions due to repeated prolonged exposure in the absence of photosensitizing factors, and reactions requiring photosensitizing factors such as photosensitizing agents and certain diseases. With restricted reference to skin tissue, it does not include photosensitivity of the eye to light, as in photophobia or photosensitive epilepsy.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Photodermatitis

In other languages

  • French

  • Dermatites par photosensibilité
  • Photosensibilité cutanée

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-KLDT3LS5-B

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