Photoprotective adaptation in polymorphic light eruption.
Six patients with polymorphic light eruption were treated with ultraviolet light A (UV-A) for 1-2 months during the spring of 1984 and a follow-up study was carried-out in September 1984. The PLE patients with an UVA - induced skin pigmentation became clearly better or got rid of their symptoms more often than those with "non-adapted" pale skin condition. The good results achieved during and after UV-A phototherapy held during the summer but were lost during the winter. Therefore it became necessary to repeat the photoprotective adaptation each spring.
Nozicková
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Ettler
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010787:Photosensitivity Disorders / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays