β-Carotene as a Treatment for Photohypersensitivity Due to Erythropoietic Protoporphyria
- 1 January 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Dermatology
- Vol. 145 (6) , 389-394
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000252070
Abstract
The preliminary results obtained with stabilized and non-stabilized β-carotene in the oral treatment of photohypersensitivity in 25 protoporphyria patients are reported. β-Carotene appeared to have a beneficial effect in a majority of these patients. Carotinodermia was the only side-effect. Difficulties with regard to the evaluation of the results are discussed.Keywords
This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: