Mar 30, 2007 14:30
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Medical: Pharmaceuticals
I'm proofreading an article titled "Photodegradation and in vitro photosensitizing activity of 4-acetylaminophenylacetic acid, an antirheumatic drug". This a sentence I would like to change, as it seems to me that a drug cannot show an erythema, but somehow cause one. Maybe I'm wrong, but I'd rather hear the opinion of someone else.
"On photopatch testing with UVA irradiation ACT showed erythema 1 day after irradiation for a 52-year-old patient"
My proposal:
"On photopatch testing with UVA irradiation, a 52-year-old patient showed erythema 1 day after irradiation with ACT. "
I'm still not sure about the rendering, because here it sounds as if the patient was irradiated with the drug. Maybe:
"On photopatch testing with UVA irradiation, a 52-year-old patient showed erythema with ACT 1 day after irradiation . "
Thank you very much in advance
"On photopatch testing with UVA irradiation ACT showed erythema 1 day after irradiation for a 52-year-old patient"
My proposal:
"On photopatch testing with UVA irradiation, a 52-year-old patient showed erythema 1 day after irradiation with ACT. "
I'm still not sure about the rendering, because here it sounds as if the patient was irradiated with the drug. Maybe:
"On photopatch testing with UVA irradiation, a 52-year-old patient showed erythema with ACT 1 day after irradiation . "
Thank you very much in advance
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Caused or resulted in
On photopatch testing with UVA irradiation, ACT caused/resulted in erythema 1 day after irradiation for a 52-year-old patient
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Comment: "Thanks a lot"
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In photopatch testing of ACT with UVA irradiation
a fifty-two year old patient developed erythema the following day.
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Note added at 10 mins (2007-03-30 14:40:24 GMT)
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The drug is tested by irradiation; the patient is not irradiated with the drug.
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Note added at 10 mins (2007-03-30 14:40:24 GMT)
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The drug is tested by irradiation; the patient is not irradiated with the drug.
Peer comment(s):
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Jörgen Slet
: "The drug is tested *in combination* with irradiation" is how I would put it :) but the proposed answer sounds fine.
5 hrs
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| neutral |
Antonia Toth
: the patient underwent a photopatch testing, not the drug -e.g. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&d...
1 day 2 hrs
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