| Literature DB >> 7387176 |
C Hofmann, M Landthaler, G Plewig, O Braun-Falco.
Abstract
The effects of oral 8-methoxypsoralen-photochemotherapy (PUVA)-therapy) on involved epidermis of nine psoriatics and on normal skin of four control subjects was investigated by means of in vivo autoradiography and planimetry. Under PUVA-therapy there is a significant decrease of 3H-TdR labeled cells per epidermal cross-sectional surface, per length of basal membrane and per length of epidermal surface. There is also a significant decrease of epidermal thickness. In the initial phase of PUVA-therapy the decrease of 3H-TdR labeled cells is the most pronounced. The reduction of epidermal thickness is less than the decrease of 3H-TdR labeled cells.Entities:
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Year: 1980 PMID: 7387176 DOI: 10.1007/bf00416922
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Arch Dermatol Res ISSN: 0340-3696 Impact factor: 3.017