The purpose of this study is to determine if vitiligo patients develop tolerance to ultraviolet light therapy, a type of treatment available for vitiligo.
Patients with vitiligo received 6-9 ultraviolet B treatments, 2 to 3 times weekly. Minimal erythema dose (MED) testing was done at baseline and after all treatments; the percent change in MED was analysed as a measure of photoadaptation. The percent decrease in cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs) over 24 hours after a single exposure of 1 MED was analysed on vitiliginous and normal skin.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
17
Treatments with ultraviolet B with gradually progressive doses
4 mm punch biopsies of the skin
Department of Dermatology/Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit, Michigan, United States
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