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K Turjanmaa

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PubMed1985

Comparison of trioxsalen bath and oral methoxsalen PUVA in psoriasis.

Fifty patients with chronic plaque psoriasis were treated with trioxsalen bath PUVA and 43 patients with oral methoxsalen PUVA. The two treatment regimens gave similar results; 75% and 77% of the patients had excellent or good clearing and a follow-up of one year revealed relapses in 61% and 58% of the patients, respectively. The cumulative UVA dose remained significantly lower in bath PUVA (mean 23.5 J/cm2) than in oral PUVA (mean 131 J/cm2). Nausea and headache occurred in 21% of the patients receiving oral PUVA but in none in the bath PUVA group. Local side-effects were found in 30% of the patients receiving bath PUVA and in 17% of the patients in the oral PUVA group.

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Detection of IgG4 and IgE antibodies to rubber proteins by immunoblotting in latex allergy.

Sera from four latex-allergic hospital employees (two physicians and two nurses) were examined for the occurrence of IgG4 and IgE antibodies to rubber proteins by immunoblotting. We used natural rubber sap as antigen source and detected IgG4 antibodies in all four patient sera. The IgG4 antibodies bound to 12 rubber protein antigens with molecular weights ranging from 14 kD to 53 kD. IgE antibodies bound nine of the antigens and the major antigen for both IgG4 and IgE seemed to be a 21 kD rubber protein. The parallel occurrence of IgG4 and IgE antibodies against the same rubber protein antigens suggests that IgG4 antibodies also may play a role in the pathogenesis of latex allergy.

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