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Response of psoriasis to psoralen-UVB photochemotherapy

Anavaj Sakuntabhai, Brian Diffey, P.M. Farr

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The effect of psoralen in combination with 311 nm (UVB) radiation was studied in five subjects with normal skin and 10 patients with psoriasis involving both forearms. Treatment with oral 8-methoxypsoralen augmented the UVB erythemal response at 6 h after irradiation, but had no effect at 24-72 h. In eight of the nine patients who completed the trial, lesions of psoriasis on the arms treated with psoralen-UVB cleared before lesions on the arms treated with UVB alone. This study has shown that psoralen in combination with UVB has an erythemal effect on normal skin, and a therapeutic effect in psoriasis which is greater than the response to UVB alone.

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The effect of psoralen in combination with 311 nm (UVB) radiation was studied in five subjects with normal skin and 10 patients with psoriasis involving both forearms. Treatment with oral 8-methoxypsoralen augmented the UVB erythemal response at 6 h after irradiation, but had no effect at 24-72 h. In eight of the nine patients who completed the trial, lesions of psoriasis on the arms treated with psoralen-UVB cleared before lesions on the arms treated with UVB alone. This study has shown that psoralen in combination with UVB has an erythemal effect on normal skin, and a therapeutic effect in psoriasis which is greater than the response to UVB alone.

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The effect of psoralen in combination with 311 nm (UVB) radiation was studied in five subjects with normal skin and 10 patients with psoriasis involving both forearms. Treatment with oral 8-methoxypsoralen augmented the UVB erythemal response at 6 h after irradiation, but had no effect at 24-72 h. In eight of the nine patients who completed the trial, lesions of psoriasis on the arms treated with psoralen-UVB cleared before lesions on the arms treated with UVB alone. This study has shown that psoralen in combination with UVB has an erythemal effect on normal skin, and a therapeutic effect in psoriasis which is greater than the response to UVB alone.

Key concepts: Psoriasis, Newcastle upon tyne, Psoralen, Dermatology, Medicine, Family medicine, History, Library science

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