Effect of PUVA on intestinal calcium absorption.
Intestinal calcium absorption increased significantly following 14 days of treatment with photochemotherapy (PUVA) in seven patients with chronic psoriasis. Irradiation with UVA alone over a similar period did not result in significant changes in calcium absorption in an additional seven psoriatic patients. These findings suggest that the increase in serum 25-OH vitamin D levels previously reported in patients treated by PUVA may have important biological consequences.
Virvidakis
K E
KE
Second Medical Department, University of Athens, Greece.
Brokalakis
J D
JD
Singhellakis
P N
PN
Mountokalakis
T D
TD
D000368:Aged; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007408:Intestinal Absorption; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011701:PUVA Therapy; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism
D002118:Calcium