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Phototherapy of HIV-Infected Patients: Evidence Questioning and Addressing Safety

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Dermatological Phototherapy and Photodiagnostic Methods

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Because most forms of medical treatment interfere with biological events in the course of accomplishing their beneficial task, unintended adverse effects are almost inevitable. Recent concern about the use of phototherapy in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) illustrate this double-edged situation. Whereas the efficacy of ultraviolet (UV)B or PUVA (psoralen plus UVA) for the treatment of HIV-related psoriasis, eosinophilic folliculitis, atopic dermatitis, or pruritus is unchallenged, questions regarding safety have not been fully resolved.

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  1. Ponciano D. Cruz Jr.
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  1. Clinical and Experimental Photodermatology, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Moorenstraße 5, D-40225, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Jean Krutmann M.D.

  2. Abt. für spezielle Dermatologie und Umweltdermatosen, Universitäts-Hautklinik AKH, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, A-1090, Wien, Austria

    Helmut Hönigsmann

  3. Department of Dermatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham SDB 67, 35294-0007, Birmingham, AL, USA

    Craig A. Elmets M.D.

  4. Department of Dermatology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., 75390-9069, Dallas, TX, USA

    Paul R. Bergstresser M.D.

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Cruz, P.D. (2001). Phototherapy of HIV-Infected Patients: Evidence Questioning and Addressing Safety. In: Krutmann, J., Hönigsmann, H., Elmets, C.A., Bergstresser, P.R. (eds) Dermatological Phototherapy and Photodiagnostic Methods. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04511-4_10

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