Sub-optimal Application of a High SPF Sunscreen Prevents Epidermal DNA Damage in Vivo

The cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer (CPD) is a potentially mutagenic DNA photolesion that is the basis of most skin cancers. There are no data on DNA protection by sunscreens under typical conditions of use. The study aim was to determine such protection, in phototypes I/II, with representative sunscre...

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Main Authors: Antony R. Young, Jessica Greenaway, Graham I. Harrison, Karl P. Lawrence, Robert Sarkany, Thierry Douki, France Boyer, Gwendal Josse, Emmanuel Questel, Camille Monteil, Ana B. Rossi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Medical Journals Sweden 2018-07-01
Series:Acta Dermato-Venereologica
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Online Access: https://www.medicaljournals.se/acta/content/html/10.2340/00015555-2992