Influence of prophylactic photochemotherapy on incidence of relapse of psoriasis cleared initially with dithranol.
Forty one patients whose psoriasis cleared with dithranol were given prophylatic photochemotherapy with psoralens and ultraviolet A once a week. With life table analysis the chance of remaining in remission for 16 months was shown to be 42% for these patients, compared with 13% for a group of patients who were not given prophylactic photochemotherapy.
D000875:Anthralin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D011701:PUVA Therapy; D010778:Photochemotherapy; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012008:Recurrence
D000875:Anthralin