title: The efficacy of psoralen photochemotherapy in the treatment of aquagenic pruritus.
abstract: Psoralen photochemotherapy (PUVA) was effective in the treatment of five patients with aquagenic pruritus, associated in one with polycythaemia rubra vera and in another with the myelodysplastic syndrome. Relapse occurred within 2-24 weeks when treatment was discontinued. Maintenance therapy or a further course of PUVA was necessary to maintain remission. This requirement may limit the value of the therapy.
authors.affiliation: St John's Institute of Dermatology, St Thomas' Hospital, London, U.K.
authors.forename: H D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Menagé
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Norris
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Hawk
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Graves
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009190:Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Q000150:complications; D011701:PUVA Therapy; D011086:Polycythemia / Q000150:complications; D011537:Pruritus / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D012008:Recurrence; D012074:Remission Induction; D014867:Water / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D014867:Water