title: Psoriasis, Psoralen and Sunlight.
abstract: Topical or oral administration of photoactive furocumarins followed by exposure to ultra violet light from artificial sources has been shown previously to clear psoriatic lesions. Sunlight has been chosen as the source of UVL m two separate paired comparison studies using topical and, oral 4,5, 8 trimethylpsoralen. Two out of 21 on topical therapy and none out of 6 patients on oral paired-comparison study showed faster clearance of the drug treated lesions compared to control sites.
authors.forename: R P C
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Naik
authors.forename: Gurumohan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Singh