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Combined 8‐methoxypsoralen and black light therapy of psoriasis TECHNIQUE AND RESULTS
Author(s) -
WEBER GERHARD
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1974.tb06409.x
Subject(s) - dithranol , methoxsalen , medicine , psoriasis , dermatology , puva therapy , black female , surgery , gender studies , sociology
SUMMARY Seventy‐four patients with psoriasis underwent a combined topical treatment with an 8‐methoxypsoralen solution and black light. In thirty‐four patients the skin lesions healed; in twenty‐three patients they improved considerably. Eleven patients showed only a moderate regression of the lesions, whilst in six patients treatment was for various reasons discontinued during the first phase, The 8‐methoxypsoralen‐black light therapy can be performed in out‐patients and has the advantage over dithranol treatment of being entirely clean. Relapses are not resistant to further similar treatment.