Photochemotherapy using psoralens and UVA is a treatment used widely in som
e skin diseases, in cutaneous lymphomas and in autoimmune diseases. This re
view has selected recent publications dealing with the photochemical proces
ses triggered in the cells by UVA radiation and psoralen treatment. The pho
tochemical changes initiated in the cell membranes were described. (C) 2000
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