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Contraindications to PUVA phototherapy

Contraindications to PUVA phototherapy
Absolute
Xeroderma pigmentosum
Lupus erythematosus with photosensitivity or positive Ro antibody
Pregnancy (category C)
Lactation
Relative
Photosensitivity and/photosensitizing medications
History or family history of melanoma
History of nonmelanoma skin cancer and/or extensive solar damage
Previous treatment with ionizing radiation or arsenic
Severe liver, renal, or cardiac disease
Young age
PUVA: psoralen plus ultraviolet A.
References:
  1. Morison WL. Phototherapy and Photochemotherapy of Skin Disease, 3rd ed, Taylor and Francis, New York 2005.
  2. Morison WL. PUVA Photochemotherapy. In: Comprehensive Dermatologic Drug Therapy, 2nd ed, Wolverton SE (Ed), Elsevier, Philadelphia 2007.
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