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Low‐dose PUVA maintenance in psoriasis following Ingram therapy
Author(s) -
KERKHOF P.C.M.,
MALI J.W.H.
Publication year - 1981
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.1365-2133.1981.tb00755.x
Subject(s) - psoriasis , puva therapy , medicine , maintenance therapy , dermatology , plaque psoriasis , surgery , chemotherapy
SUMMARY Following the initial treatment of severe psoriasis with conventional Ingram therapy, it is shown that PUVA maintenance at a mean dose‐rate of 28·6 J/cm 2 /month increases the average period of remission from 7 weeks to more than a year. Surprisingly, the patients who withdrew from maintenance therapy whilst still in remission have so far continued (10 months) to show an extremely low relapse rate.