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Pakistan journal of medical sciences
May, 2013;29 (3): 758-61.

Psoralen-ultraviolet A treatment with Psoralen-ultraviolet B therapy in the treatment of psoriasis.

Sadaf Ahmed Asim, Sitwat Ahmed, Najam Us-Sehar
Author Information
  1. Sadaf Ahmed Asim: Dr. Sadaf Ahmed Asim, Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Dow International Medical College, Dow University Hospital (Ojha).
  2. Sitwat Ahmed: Dr. Sitwat Ahmed, Consultant Dermatologist, Patel Hospital and Plastic Surgery and General Hospital.
  3. Najam Us-Sehar: Dr. Najam-us-Saher, Consultant Dermatologist, Zainab Panjwani Memorial Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
PMID: 24353623 DOI: 10.12669/pjms.293.2622

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To compare the conventional psoralen-ultraviolet A treatment with psoralen-ultraviolet B therapy in the treatment of psoriasis.
METHODOLOGY: We studied 50 patients of plaque type psoriasis who were selected to receive either conventional psoralen-ultraviolet A or psoralen-ultraviolet B treatment.
RESULTS: There was no significant difference between the two treatment groups in the number of patients whose skin cleared of psoriasis or the number of exposures required for clearance. Profile of side effects and disease status was also similar after three months of follow up.
CONCLUSION: Psoralen-ultraviolet B treatment is as effective as conventional psoralen-ultraviolet A in the treatment of psoriasis. Further long term studies are needed to assess the safety of psoralen-ultraviolet B.

Keywords

Photochemotherapy Psoralen Psoriasis UVB Ultraviolet radiation

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