Document 0169
 DOCN  M9460169
 TI    Clinical manifestations of photosensitivity in patients with human
       immunodeficiency virus infection [editorial]
 DT    9408
 AU    Gregory N; DeLeo VA
 SO    Arch Dermatol. 1994 May;130(5):630-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94234744
 AB    A number of light-induced pathologic changes in the skin of individuals
       with HIV infection have been reported in the dermatologic literature.
       The relationship between HIV and one of these more well-defined types of
       photosensitivity, PCT, while still uncertain seems definable and related
       to an infectious origin. The relationship of retrovirus infection and
       photosensitivities that are of idiopathic origin in HIV-infected
       individuals, as well as non-infected individuals, is much more
       conjectural. The association seems, however, to be more frequent than
       co-incidental, and the link probably resides in the realm of altered
       immune modulation. Since individuals with HIV frequently require
       phototherapy, such light-induced problems are likely to become more
       common. It is important that the dermatologist recognize these
       relationships.
 DE    Chronic Disease  Dermatitis, Photoallergic/COMPLICATIONS  Genes, Viral
       Human  Hyperpigmentation/COMPLICATIONS  HIV/GENETICS  HIV
       Infections/*COMPLICATIONS  Lichenoid Eruptions/COMPLICATIONS
       Photosensitivity Disorders/*COMPLICATIONS  Porphyria, Cutanea
       Tarda/COMPLICATIONS  Ultraviolet Rays  EDITORIAL  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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