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Comparative Study
. 1979 Feb;100(2):187-91.
doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1979.tb05560.x.

Comparison of PUVA and beta-carotene in the treatment of polymorphous light eruption

J A Parrish, M J Le Vine, W L Morison, E Gonzalez, T B Fitzpatrick
Comparative Study

Comparison of PUVA and beta-carotene in the treatment of polymorphous light eruption

J A Parrish et al. Br J Dermatol. 1979 Feb.

Abstract

Therapy with oral psoralen photochemotherapy (PUVA) and oral beta-carotene was compared in 29 patients with polymorphous light eruption. Complete remission occurred in 90% (9/10) of those treated with PUVA and in 32% (6/19) treated with beta-carotene. In the six patients who were treated in consecutive years with both modalities all had remissions with PUVA while only two had remissions with beta-carotene.

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