01 January 1999
Systemic PUVA therapy in the treatment of alopecia areata - own experience
Grażyna Broniarczyk-Dyła, Paweł Janowski, Małgorzata Żak-PrelichMed Sci Monit 1999; 5(1): CR74-77 :: ID: 505250
Abstract
Photochemotherapy remains a controversial method in the treatment of alopecia areata. This study demonstrates PUVA therapy experience in patients with alopecia areata partialis (AAP) and totalis/universalis (AAT/U). In 1996, 19 patients underwent systemic PUVA therapy in our department. 14 of them (6 with AAP and 8 with AAT/U) completed the treatment. Total regrowth was achieved in 7 patients (5 with AAP and 2 with AAT/U) and partial regrowth in 3 (1 with AAP and 2 with AAT/U). The average total dose of UVA radiation amounted to 141.5 J/cm2, with a median of 58 treatments. We suggested that PUVA therapy might be useful in some cases of alopecia areata.
Keywords: Photochemotherapy, alopecia areata
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