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JOHN H. LAMB, M.D.; PHYLLIS E. JONES, M.D.; GERBERT REBELL, M.A.; HERMAN D. ALSTON, M.D.

AMA Arch Derm. 1958;77(5):519-525.

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Since the publication of the paper of Lamb, Jones, and Maxwell¹ on solar dermatitis there have been inquiries in regard to the case reported whose colored photographs showed severe erythema perstans from fluorescent lighting and to the possibility that blue-light sensitivity might account for some of those cases of polymorphic light eruptions which do not seem to improve with use of the antimalarials.

McNairy² queried how to proceed with an erythematous type of polymorphic lightsensitive eruption in an 18-year-old girl, a rather severe asthmatic who was being maintained with 15 mg. prednisone (Meticorten). When she was first seen she exhibited a cutaneous sun reaction of one year's duration. The reaction consisted of an erythema which appeared on all exposed areas within a minute of even the briefest sun exposure. Five seconds would produce a reaction. Cutaneous testing produced no immediate . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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Submitted for publication Dec. 3, 1957.

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