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Effect of PUVA on intestinal calcium absorption
K E Virvidakis1, J D Brokalakis, P N Singhellakis
1Second Medical Department, University of Athens, Greece.
The British Journal of Dermatology
|February 1, 1988
Abstract:
Intestinal calcium absorption increased significantly following 14 days of treatment with photochemotherapy (PUVA) in seven patients with chronic psoriasis. Irradiation with UVA alone over a similar period did not result in significant changes in calcium absorption in an additional seven psoriatic patients. These findings suggest that the increase in serum 25-OH vitamin D levels previously reported in patients treated by PUVA may have important biological consequences.