[Selective phototherapy (SUP) in the treatment of psoriasis]. / Selektywna fototerapia (SUP) w leczeniu luszczycy.

113 psoriatic patients were treated with SUP combined with 0.1-0.3 per cent cignoline. The lamps produced by Heraeus were used, in 48 patients--Psorilux 3060 and in 65--Psorilux 5050. The first symptoms of improvement were visible after 7-10 days. The mean duration of the treatment was 4 weeks. In 46 per cent of the patients psoriatic eruptions disappeared completely and in the further 44 per cent ones a considerable improvement was observed. The better results were obtained in patients irradiated with lamp of greater power and in those, who received a greater number of irradiations. Severe side effects were observed only in 2 cases. Selective ultraviolet phototherapy was found to be a useful method in the treatment of psoriasis.

[Retinoids in the treatment of skin diseases in the light of the data of the Dermatology Clinic, Medical Academy, in Lódz]. / Retinoidy w leczeniu chorób skóry w swietle materialu Kliniki Dermatologicznej WAM w Lodzi.

Tigason was applied in 51 patients with psoriasis and 19 with other skin diseases. In 18 patients was applied alone, in 42 combined with PUVA and in 10 with SUP. Roaccutan was applied in 18 patients with acne conglobata et phlegmonous resistant to other methods of treatment. Tigason was found to be a useful drug in psoriasis and some other skin diseases. The combination with PUVA or SUP allowed to reduce the doses of drugs and the dose of radiation. Roaccutan was found to be a useful drug in severe forms of acne vulgaris. The side effects of the treatment with retinoids were transient and they did not create danger to the patients.

[Laboratory and oligobiopsy studies of the liver in patients with psoriasis treated by the combination of Tigason-PUVA-cignoline (RePUVA+C)]. / Laboratoryjne i oligobiopsyjne badania watroby u chorych na luszczyce leczonych metoda skojarzona Tigason-PUVA-cignolina (RePUVA+C).

In 10 patients with generalized psoriasis treated by this method biochemical and histological examinations of liver biopsy specimens were done before and after 60 days of the treatment. In some cases a transient rise of A1AT activity, raised activity of alkaline phosphatase and gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase were noted. Histological examinations demonstrated slight hepatocellular damage with microfocal necrosis, fatty infiltration of some cells and increase in the structural elements of cytoplasm.