title: [Ultraviolet phototherapy as a preventive treatment of polymorphous light dermatitis].
abstract: 16 patients with polymorphous light eruption were treated with ultraviolet phototherapy as prophylaxis. In 13 patients, no skin disease occurred during a following vacation in spite of intense sun exposition. Two patients developed minimal skin eruptions. One patient showed the same skin manifestations, there was no therapeutical effect.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010787:Photosensitivity Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014467:Ultraviolet Therapy
vernacular_title: UV-Phototherapie zur prophylaktischen Behandlung der polymorphen Lichtdermatose.