The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 272 No 7291 p340
20 March 2004

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HPV linked with psoriasis therapy

Psoriasis patients treated with psoralens and ultraviolet light therapy have an increased prevalence of human papilloma virus in their skin, say researchers. The virus may be partly responsible for the increased prevalence of skin cancer seen among these patients (Archives of Dermatology 2004;140:317).