Urocanic acid isomers in patients with b
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DE Fine Olivarius; Lock-Andersen; GRΓnhΓJ Larsen; Wulf; Crosby; Norval
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Article
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1998
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Urocanic acid (UCA) is a major chromophore for ultraviolet (UV) radiation in the skin. On UV exposure, the naturally occurring trans-isomer converts to the cis-isomer in a dose-dependent manner. Accumulating evidence indicates that cis-UCA acts as an initiator of the UV-induced suppression of certai