Outdoor and office photochemotherapy of vitiligo: a comparison.
The efficacy of oral trimethylpsoralen photochemotherapy with either natural solar exposures or artificial irradiations was investigated in a group of 63 vitiligo patients. Treatment with outdoor exposures during 2-3 summer seasons was found to be an inadequate therapeutic procedure under Swedish summer conditions. Office treatment with UVA cabins twice weekly led to a better therapeutic response but the number of treatments required for satisfactory repigmentation was high.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011701:PUVA Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D010778:Photochemotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D014820:Vitiligo / Q000188:drug therapy*