title: [Photoallergic dermatitis].
abstract: The most common "allergic" photodermatoses are reported in this review: (a) systemic and topical exogenous photosensitizations with phototoxic and photoallergic reactions and the most frequently chemicals photosensitizers incriminated. (b) idiopathic photodermatoses including benign summer eruption, polymorphous light eruption and solar urticaria. Clinical recognition patterns are stressed as well as differential diagnosis. Photobiological exploration is also detailed.
authors.affiliation: Service de Dermatologie, CHU Angers.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Avenel-Audran
mesh_terms: D017454:Dermatitis, Photoallergic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans