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The Comparison of Therapeutic Effectiveness Between Lesional and Whole Body Exposure on Oral PUVA for Generalized Vitiligo
Annals of Dermatology ; : 200-203, 2002.
Artigo em Inglês | WPRIM | ID: wpr-27219
ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:

For the treatment of generalized vitiligo patients with oral PUVA, we can use two different methods; one is to treat the lesions while the whole body is exposed. Another one is to treat the lesions while only the lesions are exposed.

PURPOSE:

This study was performed to determine whether lesional and whole body exposure in oral PUVA for generalized vitiligo show any therapeutic differences in effectiveness.

METHODS:

The vitiligo lesions were distributed over the whole body skin of the subjects and the lesion area was less than 6% of the whole skin area. PUVA was done to the subjects more than 20 times after oral administration of psoralen. The patients were classified into two different groups. One is the lesional exposure group in which the patient exposed only the vitiligo lesion. The other is the whole body exposure group in which the patient exposed almost their whole body.

RESULTS:

Our results show that there is no statistical difference of the therapeutic effectiveness between the two methods.

CONCLUSIONS:

We recommend lesional treatment rather than whole body treatment to prevent the oral PUVA side effects.
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Texto completo: DisponíveL Índice: WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental) Assunto principal: Pele / Vitiligo / Administração Oral / Ficusina Limite: Humanos Idioma: Inglês Revista: Annals of Dermatology Ano de publicação: 2002 Tipo de documento: Artigo

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Texto completo: DisponíveL Índice: WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental) Assunto principal: Pele / Vitiligo / Administração Oral / Ficusina Limite: Humanos Idioma: Inglês Revista: Annals of Dermatology Ano de publicação: 2002 Tipo de documento: Artigo