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Photopatch testing: a consensus methodology for Europe.

Bruynzeel DP, Ferguson J, Andersen K, Gonçalo M, English J, Goossens A, Holzle E, Ibbotson SH, Lecha M, Lehmann P, Leonard F, Moseley H, Pigatto P, Tanew A,

Photobiology Unit, Ninewells Hospital, Medical School, Dundee DD19SY, UK.

A group of interested European Contact Dermatologists/Photobiologists met to produce a consensus statement on methodology, test materials and interpretation of photopatch testing. While it is recognized that a range of local variables operate throughout Europe, the underlying purpose of the work is to act as an essential preamble to a Pan European Photopatch Test Study focusing particularly on sunscreen chemicals.

Published 14 October 2004 in J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol, 18(6): 679-82.
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