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Actinic keratosis

Actinic keratosis History Dubreuilh, 1896; Freudenthal, 1926 Definition In fair-skinned, photosensitive individuals, solar damage to the skin resulting from chronic, cumulative exposure to light (duration of exposure > 10 to 60 years), with formation of single or multiple, circumscribed or dif...

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