Comparison of PUVA and beta-carotene in the treatment of polymorphous light eruption
- 1 February 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Dermatology
- Vol. 100 (2), 187-191
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2133.1979.tb05560.x
Abstract
Therapy with oral psoralen photochemotherapy (PUVA [(8 methoxy) psoralen plus UV light]) and oral .beta.-carotene was compared in 29 patients with polymorphous light eruption. Complete remission occurred in 90% of those treated with PUVA and in 32% treated with .beta.-carotene. In 6 patients who were treated in consecutive years with both modalities, all had remissions with PUVA while only 2 had remissions with .beta.-carotene.This publication has 19 references indexed in Scilit:
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