Medium-wave ultraviolet radiation (UVB) is important in doxycycline phototoxicity
Veien NK, Andersen MR.
DOI: 10.2340/0001555566510514
Abstract
The phototoxic reaction to doxycycline is provoked by long-wave ultraviolet light (UVA). It was shown by the in vivo mouse tail technique, measuring phototoxic edema, that the addition of medium-wave ultraviolet light (UVB) immediately after, immediately before and especially 24 h before the phototoxic trauma, enhanced the reaction more than could be expected from simple addition, thus demonstrating the importance of photoaugmentation in this process.
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