Transient impairment of peripheral blood lymphocyte function during PUVA therapy
British Journal of DermatologyPublished 1 October 1979
Warwick L. Morison, John A. Parrish, Kurt J. Bloch, Joel I. Krugler
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It is shown that routine PUVA therapy can induce an alteration in immune function but that this alteration is slight and short‐lived.
Abstract
Three parameters of immune function--enumeration of circulating T and B lymphocytes and response of lymphocytes to graduated doses of phytohaemagglutinin (PHA)--were examined serially in eleven patients with psoriasis before, during, and after an intensive course of PUVA therapy. A trend was detected for the lymphocyte response to PHA to fall during the first week of treatment and then rise back towards the pre-treatment level. No alteration was found in the percentage or absolute numbers of circulating T and B lymphocytes. This study shows that routine PUVA therapy can induce an alteration in immune function but that this alteration is slight and short-lived.
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Immunology and MicrobiologyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
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