Treatment of pityriasis rosea with UV radiation.

Abstract

Twenty patients with symptomatic and extensive pityriasis rosea were treated with unilateral UV-B phototherapy in a bilateral comparison study. Five consecutive daily erythemogenic exposures resulted in substantially decreased pruritus and extent of disease greater than that on the untreated side in approximately 50% of the patients. Therapy seems to be most beneficial to patients receiving treatment within the first week of the eruption.

• Authors: K A Arndt, B S Paul, R S Stern, J A Parrish
• Journal: Archives of dermatology (Arch Dermatol) Vol. 119 Issue 5 Pg. 381-2 (May 1983) ISSN: 0003-987X [Print] United States
• PMID: 6847217 (Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Controlled Clinical Trial, Journal Article)

Topics

• Female
• Humans
• Male
• Pityriasis (diagnosis, radiotherapy)
• Radiotherapy Dosage
• Ultraviolet Therapy