Photocontact allergy. On the epidemiology and possible prediction from animal experiments
Maurer, T.; Weirich, E.G.; Hess, R.
Dermatosen in Beruf und Umwelt. Occupation and Environment 28(3): 70-81
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0343-2432 PMID: 7449623 Document Number: 166727
The incidence of photocontact allergic reactions in man is compared with that of pure contact allergic reactions by reviewing the literature of the last 15 years. A list of the more important photoallergenic compounds with the numbers of published clinical cases has been compiled. The common animal test procedures are reviewed and critically discussed.