Relationship between skin type and erythemal response to anthralin.
Anthralin erythema dose-response curves were drawn for thirty adult patients of various skin types who had chronic plaque psoriasis. A small statistically significant difference was observed between the curves for skin types I and IV but this was not thought to be sufficient to account for the clinical impression of increased anthralin irritancy in fair-skinned subjects.
D000328:Adult; D000873:Anthracenes / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000875:Anthralin / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004890:Erythema / Q000139:chemically induced*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000188:drug therapy; D012880:Skin Pigmentation
D000873:Anthracenes; D000875:Anthralin