title: Antinuclear antibodies appearing during PUVA therapy.
abstract: Antinuclear antibodies (ANA) were studied in patients receiving PUVA therapy. Ten patients out of 124, (8%), considered for PUVA had ANA prior to therapy. During PUVA treatment ANA appeared in 34 out of 100 patients. Eight patients with ANA initially were treated and in 4 of them a significant increase in ANA titre was noted. A statistically significant difference was noted, when the first and last ANA tests for each patient were compared. No such difference was seen in a control group consisting of 33 patients. All PUVA patients generating ANA were evaluated clinically and with a laboratory screening. This evaluation was negative in all patients except one who developed ANA of the nucleolar staining pattern together with symptoms consistent with a collagen vascular disease. The ANA titres were generally low and the staining pattern was of the homogeneous type in all patients but one.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bruze
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ljunggren
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear / Q000032:analysis*; D003240:Connective Tissue Diseases / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011701:PUVA Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010778:Photochemotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear