REVERSIBLE INCREASE OF PHOTOSENSITIVITY B Y ST-JOHNS-WORT-EXTRACT

Authors
GOLSCH S VOCKS E RAKOSKI J BROCKOW K RING J
Citation
S. Golsch et al., REVERSIBLE INCREASE OF PHOTOSENSITIVITY B Y ST-JOHNS-WORT-EXTRACT, Hautarzt, 48(4), 1997, pp. 249-252
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
Hautarzt → ACNP
ISSN journal
00178470
Volume
48
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
249 - 252
Database
ISI
SICI code
0017-8470(1997)48:4<249:RIOPBY>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
A 61-year-old woman with depression developed recurring elevated itchi ng erythematous lesions in light-exposed areas after taking St. John's Wort-extract for three years. Routine patchtesting did not reveal any relevant reactions and photopatch testing was negative. Using a syste mic oral photo-provocation test with St.John's Wort, we were able to d emonstrate a decrease of the MED-UVB which was reversible after withdr awal of the medication.