title: Sunbed-induced pseudoporphyria.
abstract: The clinical details of four fair-skinned women with recurrent blistering and skin fragility are presented. All had considerable sun-exposure and had used sunbeds for years. Specific causes of bullous dermatoses including drug ingestion, porphyria, cutaneous amyloidosis and epidermolysis bullosa acquisita were excluded. Long-term recurrent exposure to high doses of sunbed radiation in chronically sun-damaged skin appears to be a further cause of pseudoporphyria.
authors.affiliation: St John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin, London, U.K.
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Nicholls
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: McKee
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Messenger
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Hawk
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Levene
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001768:Blister / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006370:Heliotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010789:Phototherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011164:Porphyrias / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays / Q000009:adverse effects*