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The Goeckerman Regimen for the Treatment of Moderate to Severe Psoriasis
Published on: July 11, 2013
Abstract:
Since 1968, annual EEG recordings during photic stimulation using a standardised technique have been made on photosensitive patients and siblings. In 1983, 72 were aged greater than or equal to 20 years and 14 were aged 16-19 years. Mean duration of follow-up was 9.8 +/- 4.8 years. Seventy-five patients were treated with sodium valproate (VPA), which was withdrawn in 15 but restarted in eight because of return of photosensitivity. Eighty-two patients had seizures at some time; at follow-up 58 were receiving monotherapy with VPA, seven were receiving comedication, and three were taking other drugs. Fifty-four of them were seizure free, as were 10 of the 15 who were not being treated with drugs. Photosensitivity disappeared in 44 of 65 patients at a mean dosage of VPA at 21.5 +/- 6 mg/kg day. In 55 of 86 patients photosensitivity was no longer present at follow-up; in 18, slight abnormality was evoked by intermittent photic stimulation, and in 13, photoconvulsive responses were still present. Eighteen patients were not receiving drugs, 10 of them being no longer photosensitive at the mean age of 24.5 +/- 4.9 years. Thirty-one treated and untreated patients were still photosensitive at age 21.5 +/- 3.4 years. Photosensitivity disappeared earlier in those treated with VPA than in the untreated. Spontaneous remission in the treated cases may have occurred at 22.9 +/- 2.5 years of age. Photosensitivity appears around puberty and may disappear around 24 years of age. Photosensitive epilepsy is easily and rapidly controlled by VPA.
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