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Thomas B. Fitzpatrick
Researcher at Harvard University
Publications - 219
Citations - 28372
Thomas B. Fitzpatrick is an academic researcher from Harvard University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Melanin & Methoxsalen. The author has an hindex of 77, co-authored 219 publications receiving 27556 citations. Previous affiliations of Thomas B. Fitzpatrick include University of Oxford & University of Vienna.
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Dermatology in general medicine
TL;DR: Introduction biology and pathophysiology of skin disorders presenting in the skin and mucous membranes dermatology and internal medicine diseases due to microbial agents therapeutics paediatric and geriatric dermatology.
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Fitzpatrick's Dermatology In General Medicine
Lowell A. Goldsmith,Thomas B. Fitzpatrick,Stephen I. Katz,Barbara A. Gilchrest,Amy S. Paller,David J. Leffell,K Wolff +6 more
TL;DR: Widely acclaimed dermatological treatise is completely revised and updated with over forty new chapters and an entirely new section on dermatologic surgery.
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The Validity and Practicality of Sun-Reactive Skin Types I Through VI
TL;DR: The concept of sun-reactive "skin typing" was created in 1975 to be able to classify persons with white skin in order to select the correct initial doses of ultraviolet A (UVA) in the application of the then newly developed technique for the treatment of psoriasis—oral methoxsalen photochemotherapy (PUVA).
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Photochemotherapy of psoriasis with oral methoxsalen and longwave ultraviolet light.
TL;DR: Oral administration of a photoactive drug, 8-methoxypsoralen (methoxsalen), followed by exposure to a high-intensity, longwave ultraviolet-light system resulted in complete clearing of generalized psoriasis in 21 patients.
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Biochemistry of melanin formation
TL;DR: In the past quarter of a century several comprehensive reviews on the mechanism of melanin formation have appeared, but in only a few of these has there been any consideration of the biochemical aspects of this problem.