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Polymorphous light eruption under the Mediterranean sun: a clinico-epidemiological and photobiological study Volume 26, issue 3, May-June 2016

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1 Photobiology Unit,
“Andreas Sygros” Hospital for Skin, Venereal Diseases,
First Department of Dermatology,
University of Athens Medical School,
Greece - 5 I Dragoumi Str,
16121 Athens
2 Department of Clinical Biochemistry,
ATTIKON University Hospital,
University of Athens Medical School,
Greece - 1 Rimini Str, 12462 Chaidari,
Greece

Polymorphous light eruption (PLE) affects one in five Europeans, being the most common photodermatosis [1]. A large-scale cross-sectional European study recently showed that inhabitants of southern countries, such as Greece, are almost three times more likely to develop PLE, than northern Europeans [1]. However, data on PLE in Mediterranean climates are scarce. Exposure to bright sunlight throughout the year could theoretically constitute a strong trigger for the induction and persistence of PLE [...]