ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODIES ARE NOT INDUCED BY PUVA TREATMENT IN PATIENTS WITH UNCOMPLICATED PSORIASIS

Authors
CALZAVARAPINTON P FRANCESCHINI F RASTRELLI M MANERA C ZANE C CATTANEO R DEPANFILIS G
Citation
P. Calzavarapinton et al., ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODIES ARE NOT INDUCED BY PUVA TREATMENT IN PATIENTS WITH UNCOMPLICATED PSORIASIS, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 30(6), 1994, pp. 955-958
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01909622
Volume
30
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
955 - 958
Database
ISI
SICI code
0190-9622(1994)30:6<955:AAANIB>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Background: Previous investigations of antinuclear antibody (ANA) prev alence in patients undergoing PUVA therapy reported contrasting result s. However, ANA tests were performed on low-sensitivity substrates tha t do not allow investigation of anti-Re (SS-A) antibodies.