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Catriona P Harkins¹, Alex J Waters¹, Robert S Dawe¹

¹Photobiology Unit, Dermatology Department, Ninewells Hospital, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK.

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abnormal photosensitivity monochromator phototesting polymorphic light eruption

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