PUVA: using filtered sunlight as an energy source.
In this preliminary report, twenty-two of twenty-three patients with psoriasis had satisfactory clearing with 8-MOP and natural sunlight given through a Mylar screen. The long-term effects and side effects are not known. Whether this program will provide sufficiently lengthy remissions for summer use in less sunny climates is not, as yet, known.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008730:Methoxsalen / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000628:therapy*; D013472:Sunlight; D014467:Ultraviolet Therapy
D008730:Methoxsalen